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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 20°58′♊︎ Gemini 18°59′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 23°15′♊︎ Gemini 6°40′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 28°48′♍︎ Virgo 24°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 22°21′♓︎ Pisces 7°40′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°18′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°49′♑︎ Capricorn 27°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°19′♋︎ Cancer 15°03′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°43′♓︎ Pisces 7°51′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 21°56′♊︎ Gemini 19°57′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°14′♏︎ Scorpio 5°28′
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: 26 Feb – 20 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 24 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 29 Oct 2637 – 9 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jul – 3 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 13 May – 1 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 3 Jan – 1 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 31 Mar – 7 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 20 Sept 2637 – 3 Mar; 21 Sept – 4 Mar 2639
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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