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.
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 6°33′♉︎ Taurus 4°32′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°37′♎︎ Libra 23°51′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°48′♒︎ Aquarius 27°28′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°05′♏︎ Scorpio 11°11′
- Mars76 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°04′♏︎ Scorpio 19°55′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°44′♒︎ Aquarius 12°47′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 14°17′♓︎ Pisces 11°29′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°01′♋︎ Cancer 3°20′
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 7°32′♉︎ Taurus 5°32′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°55′♎︎ Libra 26°28′
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: 16 Feb – 9 Mar; 15 Jun – 9 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Apr – 28 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Mar – 7 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 8 Feb – 25 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 20 May – 21 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jun – 22 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 5 Aug 2835 – 18 Jan; 6 Aug – 18 Jan 2837
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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