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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 27°40′♉︎ Taurus 20°48′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 22°08′♋︎ Cancer 20°01′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 4°29′♍︎ Virgo 1°41′
- Mars80 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°10′♎︎ Libra 13°14′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°30′♈︎ Aries 2°07′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°38′♑︎ Capricorn 14°37′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°47′♌︎ Leo 10°05′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 11°16′♊︎ Gemini 4°22′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°12′♊︎ Gemini 1°11′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 23°17′♋︎ Cancer 21°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°29′♏︎ Scorpio 27°24′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 6°42′♍︎ Virgo 3°54′
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: 21 Mar – 13 Apr; 23 Jul – 17 Aug; 16 Nov – 6 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 5 Mar – 24 May
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2914
Saturn retrograde: 8 Sept 2912 – 22 Jan; 22 Sept – 4 Feb 2914
Uranus retrograde: 22 Apr – 23 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 6 Dec 2912 – 12 May; 9 Dec – 14 May 2914
Pluto retrograde: 22 Oct 2912 – 3 Apr; 23 Oct – 4 Apr 2914
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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