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 19°54′♋︎ Cancer 17°48′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°05′♌︎ Leo 27°17′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°54′♑︎ Capricorn 14°37′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 28°40′♍︎ Virgo 9°10′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°58′♑︎ Capricorn 5°57′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°56′♉︎ Taurus 10°33′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°31′♓︎ Pisces 17°38′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 14°19′♉︎ Taurus 7°29′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°46′♍︎ Virgo 14°26′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 21°00′♋︎ Cancer 18°54′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 2°17′♌︎ Leo 29°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°46′
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: 4 Jan – 24 Jan; 26 Apr – 20 May; 29 Aug – 22 Sept; 19 Dec – 8 Jan 2912
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 29 Jan – 20 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 Aug – 9 Jan 2912
Uranus retrograde: 14 Apr – 14 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 2 Dec 2910 – 8 May; 5 Dec – 9 May 2912
Pluto retrograde: 20 Oct 2910 – 1 Apr; 21 Oct – 1 Apr 2912
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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