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.
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 15°23′♊︎ Gemini 27°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°30′♑︎ Capricorn 5°12′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 11°03′♉︎ Taurus 0°23′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°28′♑︎ Capricorn 25°30′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°04′♒︎ Aquarius 16°17′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 17°12′♈︎ Aries 10°26′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 17°56′♍︎ Virgo 4°48′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°50′♈︎ Aries 24°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°22′
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: 25 Dec 2496 – 14 Jan; 15 Apr – 9 May; 18 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 17 Nov 2496 – 1 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Aug – 19 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jul – 12 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 2 May – 3 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 20 May – 27 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 24 Mar – 29 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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