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♋︎ Cancer 1°42′♊︎ Gemini 28°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°32′♑︎ Capricorn 1°12′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 25°11′♍︎ Virgo 21°02′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 15°17′♌︎ Leo 25°47′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 23°57′♎︎ Libra 21°10′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°22′♏︎ Scorpio 26°41′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°00′♈︎ Aries 24°37′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°29′♓︎ Pisces 7°37′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 12°58′♍︎ Virgo 0°25′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 3°57′♋︎ Cancer 1°08′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°27′
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: 22 Dec 2720 – 11 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 14 Aug – 7 Sept; 6 Dec – 25 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Jan – 6 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jul – 3 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 13 Mar – 31 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 30 Dec 2720 – 29 May
Neptune retrograde: 4 Oct 2720 – 10 Mar; 7 Oct – 12 Mar 2722
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jan – 1 Jul
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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