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.
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 14°24′♉︎ Taurus 12°25′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 21°31′♋︎ Cancer 11°27′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°53′♒︎ Aquarius 3°51′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°50′♑︎ Capricorn 28°12′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°46′♊︎ Gemini 4°52′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 19°00′♓︎ Pisces 15°05′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 2°08′♓︎ Pisces 29°20′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 15°22′♉︎ Taurus 13°23′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°26′♎︎ Libra 3°53′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 7°20′♋︎ Cancer 18°36′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 24°26′♌︎ Leo 14°23′
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: 24 Jan – 13 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 18 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 8 Dec – 24 Feb 2845
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Nov 2843 – 6 Mar; 10 Dec – 9 Apr 2845
Saturn retrograde: 13 May – 1 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jun – 23 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jul – 9 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 13 Aug 2843 – 26 Jan; 14 Aug – 26 Jan 2845
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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