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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 7°01′♋︎ Cancer 4°58′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 11°47′♋︎ Cancer 1°43′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 18°19′♌︎ Leo 11°23′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°25′♑︎ Capricorn 20°13′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°07′♉︎ Taurus 18°33′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°04′♒︎ Aquarius 1°17′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 4°12′♍︎ Virgo 20°13′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 8°04′♋︎ Cancer 6°01′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 21°47′♋︎ Cancer 3°31′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°01′♌︎ Leo 4°57′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 2°11′♌︎ Leo 25°16′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°33′♑︎ Capricorn 4°14′
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: 10 Jan – 30 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 5 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2655
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 24 Nov – 8 Feb 2655
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Oct 2653 – 25 Feb; 1 Dec – 31 Mar 2655
Saturn retrograde: 29 Nov 2653 – 12 Apr; 13 Dec – 27 Apr 2655
Uranus retrograde: 19 Mar – 18 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 6 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Oct 2653 – 19 Mar; 8 Oct – 20 Mar 2655
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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