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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 7°53′♊︎ Gemini 5°04′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 27°55′♍︎ Virgo 23°46′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 3°14′♎︎ Libra 0°30′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°08′♒︎ Aquarius 1°15′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°10′♎︎ Libra 26°15′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°54′♏︎ Scorpio 6°12′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 27°55′♎︎ Libra 9°16′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°30′♊︎ Gemini 3°51′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 10°08′♊︎ Gemini 7°19′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°53′♎︎ Libra 0°59′
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: 22 Jan – 11 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 18 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 2 Mar – 21 May
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Feb – 23 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 21 Feb – 10 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jan – 1 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 11 Sept 2218 – 14 Feb; 13 Sept – 17 Feb 2220
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jan – 11 Jun
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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