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 8°59′♋︎ Cancer 6°53′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 18°44′♋︎ Cancer 0°13′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°50′♒︎ Aquarius 7°09′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°01′♑︎ Capricorn 13°23′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°29′♒︎ Aquarius 8°42′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°05′♒︎ Aquarius 11°09′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°43′♊︎ Gemini 11°10′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°46′♎︎ Libra 6°37′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°49′♊︎ Gemini 0°47′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 10°06′♋︎ Cancer 8°00′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 23 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov 2165 – 5 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2167
Saturn retrograde: 29 Apr – 17 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 19 May – 20 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 13 May – 20 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 8 Oct 2165 – 21 Mar; 10 Oct – 22 Mar 2167
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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