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.
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°29′♑︎ Capricorn 19°14′
- Uranus150 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°00′♎︎ Libra 25°52′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°27′♏︎ Scorpio 2°32′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°27′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°22′♑︎ Capricorn 18°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°33′♉︎ Taurus 16°42′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 12°21′♈︎ Aries 10°15′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 2°58′♍︎ Virgo 19°12′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 28°07′♋︎ Cancer 9°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°38′♑︎ Capricorn 3°18′
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: 9 Jan – 29 Jan; 1 May – 25 May; 3 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 2813
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Nov – 14 Feb 2813
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Feb – 28 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 13 Apr – 1 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 3 Feb – 2 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 22 Apr – 29 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 23 Dec
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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