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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 21°53′♉︎ Taurus 17°55′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 28°48′♍︎ Virgo 18°49′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 24°31′♓︎ Pisces 10°04′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°50′♒︎ Aquarius 16°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°15′♋︎ Cancer 17°43′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 11°39′♈︎ Aries 4°52′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 23°45′♈︎ Aries 20°56′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 25°59′♉︎ Taurus 22°00′
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 7°10′♉︎ Taurus 21°42′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°15′♏︎ Scorpio 7°24′
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: 28 Feb – 22 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 26 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Oct – 24 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Jan – 15 May
Saturn retrograde: 23 Jul – 8 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 27 Aug 2525 – 25 Jan; 31 Aug – 30 Jan 2527
Neptune retrograde: 27 Jul – 1 Jan 2527
Pluto retrograde: 20 May – 30 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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