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 25°11′♊︎ Gemini 23°11′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 6°37′♋︎ Cancer 3°48′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°37′♋︎ Cancer 7°40′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 18°00′♍︎ Virgo 13°51′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°04′♓︎ Pisces 26°18′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 17°26′♓︎ Pisces 7°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 14°37′♌︎ Leo 4°20′
- Mars60 days♈︎ Aries 1°13′♓︎ Pisces 21°06′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 26°09′♊︎ Gemini 24°09′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°52′♋︎ Cancer 6°03′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°41′♋︎ Cancer 21°44′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°21′♏︎ Scorpio 22°20′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 22°47′♍︎ Virgo 18°37′
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: 15 Mar – 7 Apr; 17 Jul – 10 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 18 Aug – 17 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jul – 2 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 Oct 2886 – 9 Mar; 9 Nov – 22 Mar 2888
Uranus retrograde: 22 Dec 2886 – 21 May; 27 Dec – 25 May 2888
Neptune retrograde: 9 Oct 2886 – 14 Mar; 11 Oct – 16 Mar 2888
Pluto retrograde: 23 Sept 2886 – 7 Mar; 25 Sept – 7 Mar 2888
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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