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.
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 4°07′♉︎ Taurus 0°11′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°58′♊︎ Gemini 11°55′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 20°14′♌︎ Leo 17°53′
- Mars80 days♍︎ Virgo 7°25′♌︎ Leo 17°57′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°59′♎︎ Libra 25°12′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 20°07′♈︎ Aries 7°24′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 21°55′♈︎ Aries 19°06′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 26°15′♌︎ Leo 14°54′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 8°08′♉︎ Taurus 4°11′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 26°26′♋︎ Cancer 16°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°16′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 21°46′♌︎ Leo 19°24′
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: 25 Mar – 17 Apr; 28 Jul – 21 Aug; 20 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 6 Jan – 28 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct 2688 – 4 Feb; 13 Nov – 12 Mar 2690
Saturn retrograde: 9 Feb – 27 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 8 Aug 2688 – 7 Jan; 12 Aug – 12 Jan 2690
Neptune retrograde: 24 Jul – 30 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 20 Nov 2688 – 29 Apr; 22 Nov – 1 May 2690
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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