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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 24°59′♊︎ Gemini 22°10′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 10°51′♍︎ Virgo 6°43′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 16°35′♎︎ Libra 13°50′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 26°45′♎︎ Libra 19°58′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 5°27′♒︎ Aquarius 19°54′
- Jupiter124 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°06′♏︎ Scorpio 28°14′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°21′♊︎ Gemini 24°47′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 27°14′♊︎ Gemini 24°24′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°32′♎︎ Libra 19°15′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 10°10′♋︎ Cancer 21°15′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 15°38′♍︎ Virgo 11°28′
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: 9 Feb – 2 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Dec – 28 Feb 2719
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Mar – 26 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 5 Feb – 22 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 16 Dec 2717 – 14 May; 21 Dec – 19 May 2719
Neptune retrograde: 28 Sept 2717 – 3 Mar; 30 Sept – 6 Mar 2719
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jan – 24 Jun
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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