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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 16°36′♋︎ Cancer 14°31′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 23°28′♌︎ Leo 20°40′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 19°08′♓︎ Pisces 4°03′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°41′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°14′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°33′♋︎ Cancer 10°41′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 5°59′♓︎ Pisces 29°14′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 17°42′♋︎ Cancer 15°36′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°13′♏︎ Scorpio 2°37′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 25°41′♌︎ Leo 22°52′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 24°39′♌︎ Leo 5°27′
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: 23 Feb – 16 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 25 Dec – 14 Mar 2909
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jul – 2 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 31 Mar – 31 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 26 Nov 2907 – 30 Apr; 27 Nov – 3 May 2909
Pluto retrograde: 17 Oct 2907 – 28 Mar; 17 Oct – 29 Mar 2909
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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