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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 21°35′♋︎ Cancer 19°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°14′♍︎ Virgo 2°26′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 5°58′♍︎ Virgo 29°08′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 24°29′♍︎ Virgo 5°00′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 3°20′♒︎ Aquarius 17°53′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°22′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 1°46′♊︎ Gemini 23°10′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 4°51′♓︎ Pisces 0°56′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°22′♎︎ Libra 17°01′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 22°47′♋︎ Cancer 20°37′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 7°26′♍︎ Virgo 4°38′
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: 6 Feb – 28 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 4 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 24 Jan – 15 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 7 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 15 Jan – 31 May
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jun – 10 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 7 Dec 2421 – 13 May; 9 Dec – 15 May 2423
Pluto retrograde: 21 Oct 2421 – 2 Apr; 23 Oct – 3 Apr 2423
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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