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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 26°21′♊︎ Gemini 22°17′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 29°20′♎︎ Libra 26°34′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°33′♓︎ Pisces 1°51′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°19′♎︎ Libra 27°26′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°25′♑︎ Capricorn 5°49′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°19′♒︎ Aquarius 20°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°24′♋︎ Cancer 9°09′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 13°23′♈︎ Aries 3°28′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 0°43′♊︎ Gemini 26°40′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°23′♎︎ Libra 29°37′
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: 20 Feb – 14 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 18 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 21 Mar – 7 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Aug – 28 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 21 Apr – 9 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 1 Oct 2282 – 1 Mar; 6 Oct – 4 Mar 2284
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jan – 8 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 24 May – 4 Nov
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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