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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 15°33′♊︎ Gemini 12°44′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 8°26′♍︎ Virgo 4°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°35′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 7°35′♍︎ Virgo 27°37′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 25°55′♎︎ Libra 6°59′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°31′♈︎ Aries 23°13′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°12′♒︎ Aquarius 0°34′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 22°34′♓︎ Pisces 20°22′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 11°28′♌︎ Leo 28°51′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 17°48′♊︎ Gemini 14°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°50′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 13°13′♍︎ Virgo 9°04′
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: 20 Dec 2549 – 9 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 13 Aug – 5 Sept; 4 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 26 Feb – 18 May
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Jan – 24 May
Saturn retrograde: 16 May – 4 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 13 Dec 2549 – 11 May; 18 Dec – 16 May 2551
Neptune retrograde: 18 Sept 2549 – 21 Feb; 20 Sept – 24 Feb 2551
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jun – 4 Dec
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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