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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 12°56′♌︎ Leo 10°38′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 26°06′♌︎ Leo 19°10′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 23°25′♓︎ Pisces 8°45′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°55′♑︎ Capricorn 18°04′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°28′♋︎ Cancer 16°11′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 10°41′♈︎ Aries 7°52′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 18°10′♈︎ Aries 14°15′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 14°43′♉︎ Taurus 28°51′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°17′♏︎ Scorpio 6°31′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 14°21′♌︎ Leo 12°02′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 9°50′♍︎ Virgo 2°54′
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: 27 Feb – 20 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 24 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 21 Oct – 31 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 7 Dec 2683 – 19 Apr; 20 Dec – 4 May 2685
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 23 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jul – 18 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 13 Nov 2683 – 22 Apr; 14 Nov – 24 Apr 2685
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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