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 26°52′♊︎ Gemini 24°51′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 11°55′♍︎ Virgo 1°54′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 27°32′♎︎ Libra 23°24′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 15°38′♍︎ Virgo 26°24′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 2°02′♓︎ Pisces 17°57′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°09′♑︎ Capricorn 9°23′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 5°50′♋︎ Cancer 25°53′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 15°11′♈︎ Aries 8°24′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 27°51′♊︎ Gemini 25°51′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°32′♏︎ Scorpio 14°35′
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: 7 Mar – 30 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 2 Nov – 22 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 16 Feb – 7 May
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Dec 2643 – 27 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jul – 11 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 1 Feb – 30 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 13 Apr – 20 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 2643 – 9 Mar; 27 Sept – 10 Mar 2645
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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