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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 3°49′♉︎ Taurus 29°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°08′♑︎ Capricorn 4°49′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°45′♏︎ Scorpio 8°59′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°11′♏︎ Scorpio 28°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°58′♈︎ Aries 28°51′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 1°18′♒︎ Aquarius 28°58′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 7°12′♒︎ Aquarius 27°21′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 16°58′♍︎ Virgo 4°13′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 7°58′♊︎ Gemini 3°58′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 18°22′♋︎ Cancer 0°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°02′
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: 26 Dec 2779 – 15 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 18 Aug – 10 Sept; 9 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 21 Nov – 4 Feb 2781
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jun – 23 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 14 Mar – 1 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 8 Sept 2779 – 7 Feb; 12 Sept – 10 Feb 2781
Neptune retrograde: 12 Feb – 20 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 31 May – 11 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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