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 18°13′♋︎ Cancer 16°03′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°04′♑︎ Capricorn 13°53′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°58′♉︎ Taurus 12°28′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°16′♑︎ Capricorn 12°26′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°12′♒︎ Aquarius 26°24′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 17°04′♓︎ Pisces 13°09′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 27°01′♈︎ Aries 20°10′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°52′♍︎ Virgo 13°49′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 19°25′♋︎ Cancer 17°15′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°52′
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: 3 Jan – 24 Jan; 27 Apr – 21 May; 29 Aug – 21 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 2175
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 25 Apr – 7 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 8 Aug – 22 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jun – 22 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 31 May – 7 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 18 Oct 2173 – 29 Mar; 19 Oct – 31 Mar 2175
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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