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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 2°34′♊︎ Gemini 29°45′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 6°35′♋︎ Cancer 17°30′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 10°33′♎︎ Libra 0°36′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°28′♎︎ Libra 27°39′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°58′♏︎ Scorpio 15°53′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 22°28′♓︎ Pisces 8°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°38′♋︎ Cancer 15°55′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 20°39′♓︎ Pisces 13°54′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 4°48′♋︎ Cancer 1°59′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°03′♏︎ Scorpio 5°10′
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: 26 Feb – 21 Mar; 29 Jun – 23 Jul; 24 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 8 Dec 2229 – 24 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jan – 28 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jul – 17 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 23 Feb – 24 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 5 Oct 2229 – 11 Mar; 8 Oct – 13 Mar 2231
Pluto retrograde: 2 Feb – 8 Jul
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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