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.
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 9°59′♍︎ Virgo 20°42′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°31′♏︎ Scorpio 21°41′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 3°11′♓︎ Pisces 19°21′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°42′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°56′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°50′♑︎ Capricorn 22°03′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 7°33′♋︎ Cancer 27°19′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°10′♉︎ Taurus 26°08′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°28′♏︎ Scorpio 15°28′
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: 8 Mar – 31 Mar; 10 Jul – 3 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 Feb – 1 May
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 19 Jan 2487
Saturn retrograde: 17 Mar – 4 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 15 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 26 Apr – 3 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 25 Feb – 31 Jul
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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