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.
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 17°00′♊︎ Gemini 1°23′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°39′♍︎ Virgo 5°30′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°27′♒︎ Aquarius 4°22′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 26°38′♎︎ Libra 23°51′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°35′♑︎ Capricorn 3°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°02′♊︎ Gemini 5°04′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°10′♒︎ Aquarius 2°20′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 3°32′♈︎ Aries 26°43′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°56′♎︎ Libra 4°26′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 14°23′♍︎ Virgo 10°14′
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: 24 Jan – 13 Feb; 19 May – 11 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 24 Oct 2968 – 2 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 29 May – 27 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 14 Aug – 29 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Dec 2968 – 12 May; 19 Dec – 17 May 2970
Neptune retrograde: 7 Apr – 14 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jan – 3 Jul
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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