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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 28°57′♈︎ Aries 26°56′
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 8°52′♊︎ Gemini 20°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°26′♑︎ Capricorn 6°10′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°15′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°32′♉︎ Taurus 2°10′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 1°52′♒︎ Aquarius 29°05′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 7°35′♓︎ Pisces 3°40′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 29°56′♈︎ Aries 27°56′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°16′♍︎ Virgo 5°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°18′
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: 27 Dec 2338 – 16 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 21 Aug – 14 Sept; 11 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Nov 2338 – 27 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Apr – 7 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 20 Mar – 7 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jun – 13 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 Jun – 11 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 2338 – 11 Jan; 31 Jul – 12 Jan 2340
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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