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.
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 9°35′♌︎ Leo 2°38′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°53′♑︎ Capricorn 11°34′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 17°56′♎︎ Libra 13°47′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 12°46′♎︎ Libra 2°48′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°05′♏︎ Scorpio 14°16′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°52′♏︎ Scorpio 0°31′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°15′♉︎ Taurus 6°29′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°02′♑︎ Capricorn 21°15′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 24°15′♍︎ Virgo 11°12′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 23°32′♌︎ Leo 16°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°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: 31 Dec 2976 – 20 Jan; 22 Apr – 15 May; 25 Aug – 17 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 2978
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 22 Mar – 9 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Jan – 29 May
Saturn retrograde: 20 Nov 2976 – 3 Apr; 4 Dec – 17 Apr 2978
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jan – 20 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 25 Apr – 2 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Feb – 23 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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