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♍︎ Virgo 12°50′♍︎ Virgo 10°03′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°52′♑︎ Capricorn 15°36′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 23°04′♍︎ Virgo 3°33′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°53′♏︎ Scorpio 10°59′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°33′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°07′♑︎ Capricorn 10°28′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°27′♉︎ Taurus 12°22′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°34′♒︎ Aquarius 15°37′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°04′♍︎ Virgo 15°29′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 15°02′♍︎ Virgo 12°15′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°42′
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: 5 Jan – 25 Jan; 28 Apr – 21 May; 30 Aug – 23 Sept; 20 Dec – 9 Jan 2754
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 23 Jan – 14 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Mar – 8 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 11 Apr – 30 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 24 May – 25 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 15 Dec 2752 – 21 May; 17 Dec – 23 May 2754
Pluto retrograde: 14 Apr – 21 Sept
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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