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.
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 0°45′♒︎ Aquarius 15°00′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 8°30′♍︎ Virgo 19°06′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°37′♏︎ Scorpio 19°30′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°20′♑︎ Capricorn 29°33′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 27°13′♊︎ Gemini 18°39′
- Saturn141 days♓︎ Pisces 2°32′♒︎ Aquarius 25°53′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 17°52′♈︎ Aries 15°48′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 29°35′♈︎ Aries 19°39′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 29°45′♎︎ Libra 14°41′
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: 3 Feb – 24 Feb; 1 Jun – 25 Jun; 30 Sept – 22 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 7 Feb – 29 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Aug – 14 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jun – 30 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 26 Feb – 27 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 3 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jul – 29 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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