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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°37′♋︎ Cancer 5°33′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 19°16′♌︎ Leo 16°28′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 1°45′♒︎ Aquarius 16°21′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°25′♎︎ Libra 18°07′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°33′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°47′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°21′♒︎ Aquarius 16°25′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°24′♊︎ Gemini 21°47′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°46′♎︎ Libra 15°22′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 21°29′♌︎ Leo 18°41′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 18°13′♌︎ Leo 8°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: 5 Feb – 27 Feb; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 11 Mar – 29 May
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Nov 2250 – 1 Mar; 5 Dec – 3 Apr 2252
Saturn retrograde: 23 Mar – 10 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 25 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 21 Nov 2250 – 27 Apr; 24 Nov – 29 Apr 2252
Pluto retrograde: 26 Mar – 1 Sept
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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