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♉︎ Taurus 6°50′♉︎ Taurus 4°51′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°52′♌︎ Leo 12°49′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 17°07′♈︎ Aries 4°34′
- Mars75 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°27′♏︎ Scorpio 17°45′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 19°42′♓︎ Pisces 16°54′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 12°03′♓︎ Pisces 5°21′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 9°18′♈︎ Aries 5°23′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°22′♌︎ Leo 11°50′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 7°48′♉︎ Taurus 5°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°11′♏︎ Scorpio 28°00′
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: 23 Mar – 16 Apr; 26 Jul – 20 Aug; 18 Nov – 8 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Apr – 26 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Dec 2346 – 9 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 23 Jun – 9 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jul – 15 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jun – 29 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 6 Aug 2346 – 19 Jan; 8 Aug – 20 Jan 2348
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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