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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°24′♊︎ Gemini 17°26′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 23°08′♊︎ Gemini 20°19′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 19°41′♌︎ Leo 15°33′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 7°55′♌︎ Leo 27°53′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 24°09′♎︎ Libra 5°00′
- Mercury22 days♈︎ Aries 0°19′♓︎ Pisces 15°54′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°10′♋︎ Cancer 23°38′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 6°22′♈︎ Aries 29°32′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 20°22′♊︎ Gemini 18°23′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 25°23′♊︎ Gemini 22°34′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°06′♏︎ Scorpio 13°15′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 24°21′♌︎ Leo 20°13′
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: 5 Mar – 27 Mar; 6 Jul – 30 Jul; 31 Oct – 20 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 23 Feb – 15 May
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Dec 2880 – 22 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 16 Aug – 31 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 24 Nov 2880 – 21 Apr; 28 Nov – 26 Apr 2882
Neptune retrograde: 24 Sept 2880 – 28 Feb; 27 Sept – 3 Mar 2882
Pluto retrograde: 17 Sept 2880 – 1 Mar; 18 Sept – 2 Mar 2882
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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