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 28°51′♊︎ Gemini 26°50′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°10′♒︎ Aquarius 13°27′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°02′♏︎ Scorpio 2°55′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°01′♏︎ Scorpio 2°07′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°30′♏︎ Scorpio 3°35′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°31′♑︎ Capricorn 13°45′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°51′♊︎ Gemini 17°17′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 11°03′♉︎ Taurus 4°11′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 29°51′♊︎ Gemini 27°50′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 28°09′♎︎ Libra 13°03′
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: 2 Feb – 23 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 30 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 27 Mar – 13 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Feb – 29 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 23 Aug – 6 Jan 2647
Uranus retrograde: 10 Feb – 11 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 18 Apr – 25 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 28 Sept 2645 – 11 Mar; 29 Sept – 12 Mar 2647
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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