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.
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 6°56′♋︎ Cancer 4°52′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 6°30′♌︎ Leo 3°42′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 0°42′♒︎ Aquarius 15°10′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°18′♏︎ Scorpio 5°24′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°25′♎︎ Libra 24°16′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°21′♑︎ Capricorn 7°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°34′♊︎ Gemini 20°00′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 21°07′♈︎ Aries 14°18′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 29°44′♎︎ Libra 14°26′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 8°00′♋︎ Cancer 5°55′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 8°43′♌︎ Leo 5°55′
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: 3 Feb – 25 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 1 Oct – 22 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 17 Mar – 3 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Feb – 2 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 2 Aug – 17 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 15 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 8 Nov 2408 – 13 Apr; 10 Nov – 16 Apr 2410
Pluto retrograde: 6 Oct 2408 – 19 Mar; 7 Oct – 20 Mar 2410
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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