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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°03′♊︎ Gemini 6°01′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 13°28′♍︎ Virgo 10°40′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 14°58′♋︎ Cancer 25°42′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°43′♓︎ Pisces 24°30′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°07′♑︎ Capricorn 14°32′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 4°08′♈︎ Aries 0°13′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°09′♌︎ Leo 2°16′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 23°11′♈︎ Aries 16°21′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°24′♋︎ Cancer 10°20′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°26′♏︎ Scorpio 19°20′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 15°39′♍︎ Virgo 12°52′
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 Mar – 5 Apr; 16 Jul – 9 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 16 Dec 2261 – 5 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 2261 – 30 Jan; 7 Nov – 6 Mar 2263
Saturn retrograde: 4 Aug – 19 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jul – 9 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 Dec 2261 – 21 May; 18 Dec – 24 May 2263
Pluto retrograde: 18 Apr – 26 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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