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 19°12′♉︎ Taurus 17°14′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 16°18′♍︎ Virgo 26°59′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 15°26′♓︎ Pisces 0°13′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°04′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°13′♋︎ Cancer 6°28′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 8°47′♈︎ Aries 4°52′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 3°49′♓︎ Pisces 27°05′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 13°19′♈︎ Aries 10°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 20°09′♉︎ Taurus 18°11′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°33′♎︎ Libra 29°01′
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: 18 Feb – 12 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 16 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Feb – 7 May
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 12 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jul – 30 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jul – 13 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jul – 21 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 17 Aug 2848 – 30 Jan; 19 Aug – 31 Jan 2850
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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