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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°03′♈︎ Aries 20°00′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 15°52′♌︎ Leo 13°04′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 22°29′♈︎ Aries 10°06′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°41′♑︎ Capricorn 9°42′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°25′♑︎ Capricorn 2°48′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°20′♑︎ Capricorn 8°29′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 23°06′♈︎ Aries 21°03′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°56′♌︎ Leo 17°15′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 18°05′♌︎ Leo 15°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°13′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 26°33′♌︎ Leo 7°12′
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 Mar – 20 Apr; 31 Jul – 24 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 27 Dec – 17 Mar 2578
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 17 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 17 Apr – 17 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 17 Nov 2576 – 23 Apr; 19 Nov – 25 Apr 2578
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jul 2576 – 2 Jan; 22 Jul – 4 Jan 2578
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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