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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 25°21′♋︎ Cancer 21°15′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 14°55′♍︎ Virgo 12°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°41′♑︎ Capricorn 13°26′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°36′♏︎ Scorpio 18°50′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°48′♏︎ Scorpio 22°55′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°43′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°41′♉︎ Taurus 10°49′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°05′♍︎ Virgo 13°20′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 29°55′♋︎ Cancer 25°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°30′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°55′♍︎ Virgo 14°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: 2 Jan – 23 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2458
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Mar – 19 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 22 Mar – 9 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 30 Oct 2456 – 28 Mar; 4 Nov – 2 Apr 2458
Neptune retrograde: 21 Feb – 30 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 16 Dec 2456 – 23 May; 18 Dec – 25 May 2458
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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