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.
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 29°04′♈︎ Aries 26°15′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 6°37′♉︎ Taurus 2°40′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 26°48′♉︎ Taurus 24°50′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 6°37′♊︎ Gemini 29°40′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 28°58′♌︎ Leo 18°55′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°28′♒︎ Aquarius 6°28′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°53′♊︎ Gemini 8°05′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 1°19′♈︎ Aries 28°30′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 10°37′♉︎ Taurus 6°41′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 27°44′♉︎ Taurus 25°47′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°09′♎︎ Libra 6°28′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 29°27′♉︎ Taurus 15°10′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 20°39′♋︎ Cancer 13°42′
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: 26 Jan – 15 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 21 Sept – 13 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 8 Oct – 15 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Dec 2856 – 13 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 17 Oct 2856 – 28 Feb; 1 Nov – 15 Mar 2858
Uranus retrograde: 10 Aug 2856 – 10 Jan; 14 Aug – 14 Jan 2858
Neptune retrograde: 31 Jul 2856 – 5 Jan; 3 Aug – 8 Jan 2858
Pluto retrograde: 25 Aug 2856 – 6 Feb; 26 Aug – 8 Feb 2858
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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