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 28°14′♉︎ Taurus 26°16′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 9°40′♊︎ Gemini 5°40′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°38′♑︎ Capricorn 28°34′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°54′♏︎ Scorpio 4°07′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°39′♎︎ Libra 24°19′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°09′♉︎ Taurus 29°09′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 7°13′♒︎ Aquarius 27°22′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 8°08′♈︎ Aries 1°24′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 29°10′♉︎ Taurus 27°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°03′♍︎ Virgo 28°34′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 13°53′♊︎ Gemini 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: 19 Jan – 8 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 14 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 17 Mar – 4 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Jun – 23 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jul – 5 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Sept 2613 – 12 Feb; 19 Sept – 17 Feb 2615
Neptune retrograde: 7 Feb – 16 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 2613 – 9 Feb; 29 Aug – 10 Feb 2615
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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