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♉︎ Taurus 15°56′♉︎ Taurus 13°57′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 8°36′♎︎ Libra 5°49′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°04′♑︎ Capricorn 25°57′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°53′♎︎ Libra 29°07′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°04′♉︎ Taurus 25°56′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°41′♑︎ Capricorn 17°50′
- Mars68 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°25′♑︎ Capricorn 3°06′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 20°54′♈︎ Aries 16°58′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 16°53′♉︎ Taurus 14°54′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 10°19′♍︎ Virgo 25°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°09′♑︎ Capricorn 9°52′
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: 16 Jan – 5 Feb; 11 May – 3 Jun; 11 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 20 Jan 2602
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 May – 6 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 15 May – 14 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 2 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jul – 26 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jan – 16 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 15 Aug 2600 – 27 Jan; 16 Aug – 28 Jan 2602
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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