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♋︎ Cancer 8°08′♋︎ Cancer 6°06′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 5°41′♌︎ Leo 2°53′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°05′♏︎ Scorpio 15°58′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°47′♓︎ Pisces 29°12′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°49′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°17′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 17°42′♌︎ Leo 7°13′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 29°07′♈︎ Aries 19°11′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 9°10′♋︎ Cancer 7°08′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 7°55′♌︎ Leo 5°06′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°55′♏︎ Scorpio 24°52′
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 Mar – 10 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 7 May – 19 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Aug – 14 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 10 Apr – 29 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 22 Feb – 24 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 7 Nov 2899 – 12 Apr; 9 Nov – 15 Apr 2901
Pluto retrograde: 7 Oct 2899 – 20 Mar; 8 Oct – 21 Mar 2901
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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