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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 10°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°32′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 20°38′♋︎ Cancer 18°27′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°36′♈︎ Aries 3°09′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 3°39′♓︎ Pisces 0°52′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 25°00′♓︎ Pisces 21°05′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°22′♒︎ Aquarius 8°04′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 2°52′♓︎ Pisces 22°58′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 21°55′♌︎ Leo 10°18′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 24°05′♉︎ Taurus 17°10′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 21°51′♋︎ Cancer 19°40′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°33′♏︎ Scorpio 26°22′
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: 20 Mar – 13 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 5 Jul – 4 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Jul – 17 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug 2175 – 5 Jan; 4 Sept – 17 Jan 2177
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jun – 29 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 5 Jun – 11 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 21 Oct 2175 – 31 Mar; 22 Oct – 2 Apr 2177
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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