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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 19°38′♋︎ Cancer 16°49′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°29′♎︎ Libra 29°21′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°27′♏︎ Scorpio 11°38′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°20′♏︎ Scorpio 2°25′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 11°14′♓︎ Pisces 27°45′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 5°40′♒︎ Aquarius 29°00′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°17′♌︎ Leo 5°42′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 21°30′♓︎ Pisces 11°31′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 21°52′♋︎ Cancer 19°03′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°17′♏︎ Scorpio 23°13′
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: 17 Mar – 9 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 12 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 Aug – 8 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Feb – 29 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 15 Jun – 2 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 6 Feb – 7 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 22 Oct 2728 – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 30 Mar 2730
Pluto retrograde: 16 Feb – 22 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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