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 15°47′♌︎ Leo 13°28′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 23°18′♍︎ Virgo 16°24′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°52′♒︎ Aquarius 4°54′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 15°30′♊︎ Gemini 6°45′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 15°10′♈︎ Aries 12°22′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 8°34′♓︎ Pisces 28°40′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 26°07′♈︎ Aries 22°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°34′♎︎ Libra 4°50′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 17°15′♌︎ Leo 14°55′
- Mars77 days♌︎ Leo 1°12′♋︎ Cancer 12°34′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 21 May – 13 Jun; 20 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 3 Dec – 18 Feb 2687
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jul – 23 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jan – 18 May
Uranus retrograde: 31 Jul – 31 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jul – 23 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 16 Nov 2685 – 25 Apr; 17 Nov – 27 Apr 2687
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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