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♍︎ Virgo 6°54′♍︎ Virgo 4°06′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°51′♑︎ Capricorn 22°47′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°02′♑︎ Capricorn 8°25′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°16′♉︎ Taurus 23°15′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 15°23′♓︎ Pisces 8°41′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 22°15′♓︎ Pisces 18°20′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 2°54′♓︎ Pisces 23°00′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°11′♍︎ Virgo 22°43′
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 5°37′♊︎ Gemini 17°48′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°05′♍︎ Virgo 6°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°55′♑︎ Capricorn 6°39′
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: 13 Jan – 2 Feb; 8 May – 1 Jun; 8 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 2260
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 Nov – 23 Jan 2260
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jun – 12 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jun – 28 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 9 Dec 2258 – 15 May; 11 Dec – 17 May 2260
Pluto retrograde: 13 Apr – 20 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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