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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 10°16′♋︎ Cancer 6°12′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 19°09′♌︎ Leo 0°06′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 26°55′♍︎ Virgo 24°18′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°52′♒︎ Aquarius 1°45′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°22′♏︎ Scorpio 22°40′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°33′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°57′♊︎ Gemini 1°51′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 16°12′♎︎ Libra 1°50′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 14°38′♋︎ Cancer 10°34′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 29°00′♍︎ Virgo 26°22′
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: 22 Jan – 11 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 16 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec 2955 – 8 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 8 Mar – 25 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 15 Oct 2955 – 14 Mar; 19 Oct – 18 Mar 2957
Neptune retrograde: 9 Mar – 16 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 29 Dec 2955 – 3 Jun; 30 Dec – 6 Jun 2957
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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