Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 5°42′♋︎ Cancer 3°37′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°49′♈︎ Aries 0°09′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°15′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°52′♒︎ Aquarius 2°05′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°49′♑︎ Capricorn 28°52′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°42′♒︎ Aquarius 11°51′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 18°55′♌︎ Leo 7°30′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 6°47′♋︎ Cancer 4°42′
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 1°07′♉︎ Taurus 15°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°59′♏︎ Scorpio 23°49′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 18 Mar – 11 Apr; 21 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 Oct – 18 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 25 Mar – 13 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 7 May – 8 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 7 May – 14 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 5 Oct 2162 – 18 Mar; 7 Oct – 18 Mar 2164
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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