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♋︎ Cancer 4°56′♋︎ Cancer 2°54′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 20°09′♋︎ Cancer 13°12′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 8°35′♒︎ Aquarius 23°12′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°54′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°41′♑︎ Capricorn 26°54′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°28′♊︎ Gemini 28°50′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°29′♉︎ Taurus 26°28′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 5°58′♋︎ Cancer 3°56′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°41′♎︎ Libra 22°16′
- Mars69 days♊︎ Gemini 1°28′♉︎ Taurus 16°40′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 4°17′♋︎ Cancer 27°20′
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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 9 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 10 Oct – 18 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 2653
Saturn retrograde: 1 Nov 2651 – 14 Mar; 15 Nov – 29 Mar 2653
Uranus retrograde: 9 Mar – 8 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 1 May – 8 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 5 Oct 2651 – 17 Mar; 5 Oct – 18 Mar 2653
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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