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 17°53′♍︎ Virgo 28°45′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 18°37′♈︎ Aries 5°59′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°48′♑︎ Capricorn 1°11′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°22′♒︎ Aquarius 2°53′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°39′♑︎ Capricorn 17°49′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 5°46′♈︎ Aries 2°58′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°49′♌︎ Leo 13°22′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 23°38′♈︎ Aries 19°42′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°48′♏︎ Scorpio 29°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: 24 Mar – 17 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 18 Feb – 10 May
Jupiter retrograde: 15 May – 14 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 16 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jul – 29 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jul – 14 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 6 May – 15 Oct
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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