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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 19°36′♊︎ Gemini 12°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°53′♑︎ Capricorn 3°36′
- Mars80 days♍︎ Virgo 1°08′♌︎ Leo 11°40′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°57′♏︎ Scorpio 5°03′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°36′♈︎ Aries 29°01′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°25′♑︎ Capricorn 10°25′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°09′♒︎ Aquarius 0°22′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 16°39′♈︎ Aries 14°35′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°25′♍︎ Virgo 3°13′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 3°45′♊︎ Gemini 26°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°45′
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: 25 Dec 2325 – 14 Jan; 15 Apr – 9 May; 18 Aug – 11 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 1 Jan – 23 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Mar – 2 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 2 Oct 2325 – 13 Feb; 16 Oct – 27 Feb 2327
Uranus retrograde: 19 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 5 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jul – 29 Dec
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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