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.
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°39′♒︎ Aquarius 24°25′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°02′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°49′♑︎ Capricorn 12°50′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°57′♑︎ Capricorn 8°07′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°26′♒︎ Aquarius 9°39′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°18′♋︎ Cancer 0°33′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 10°21′♓︎ Pisces 3°40′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 23°27′♉︎ Taurus 9°05′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°42′♎︎ Libra 23°11′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 12 Jun – 7 Jul; 10 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 2 Oct – 9 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jun – 6 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 13 May – 21 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Mar – 22 Aug
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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