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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 21°31′♉︎ Taurus 17°33′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°14′♏︎ Scorpio 2°28′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 28°36′♎︎ Libra 21°50′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 9°07′♒︎ Aquarius 23°41′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°34′♏︎ Scorpio 19°41′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°44′♒︎ Aquarius 24°22′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°41′♊︎ Gemini 29°05′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 25°36′♉︎ Taurus 21°37′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°14′♎︎ Libra 22°52′
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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 10 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Mar – 16 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 24 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 26 Aug 2776 – 25 Jan; 30 Aug – 29 Jan 2778
Neptune retrograde: 5 Feb – 13 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 27 May – 6 Nov
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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