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 27°07′♊︎ Gemini 25°08′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 11°06′♋︎ Cancer 8°17′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 12°43′♌︎ Leo 5°46′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 27°34′♍︎ Virgo 23°24′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 7°02′♒︎ Aquarius 21°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°43′♊︎ Gemini 26°10′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 1°01′♉︎ Taurus 21°01′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 28°06′♊︎ Gemini 26°06′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°08′♎︎ Libra 20°53′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 13°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°32′
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 13°12′♉︎ Taurus 27°47′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 26°39′♌︎ Leo 19°43′
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: 9 Feb – 2 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Oct – 29 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Sept – 14 Jan 2890
Saturn retrograde: 22 Nov 2888 – 5 Apr; 6 Dec – 20 Apr 2890
Uranus retrograde: 31 Dec 2888 – 30 May
Neptune retrograde: 13 Oct 2888 – 18 Mar; 15 Oct – 20 Mar 2890
Pluto retrograde: 25 Sept 2888 – 8 Mar; 26 Sept – 10 Mar 2890
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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