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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 24°53′♊︎ Gemini 20°51′
- Jupiter119 days♌︎ Leo 1°10′♋︎ Cancer 21°06′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°15′♒︎ Aquarius 0°09′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 0°45′♍︎ Virgo 11°17′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°36′♏︎ Scorpio 19°49′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°53′♑︎ Capricorn 26°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°32′♊︎ Gemini 0°29′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 8°34′♓︎ Pisces 6°16′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 14°38′♎︎ Libra 0°12′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 29°11′♊︎ Gemini 25°09′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 3°27′♌︎ Leo 23°24′
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: 20 Jan – 9 Feb; 15 May – 7 Jun; 15 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Jan – 21 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Nov 2784 – 16 Mar; 19 Dec – 19 Apr 2786
Saturn retrograde: 12 May – 30 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 29 Sept 2784 – 27 Feb; 4 Oct – 3 Mar 2786
Neptune retrograde: 22 Feb – 31 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 8 Jun – 19 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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