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.
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 27°35′♌︎ Leo 8°20′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 16°48′♍︎ Virgo 6°47′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 2°21′♒︎ Aquarius 16°33′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°43′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°42′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°08′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°10′♒︎ Aquarius 15°23′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°34′♊︎ Gemini 20°00′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°21′♎︎ Libra 16°20′
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: 5 Feb – 26 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 1 Oct – 23 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 28 Dec 2987 – 17 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Jan – 2 May
Saturn retrograde: 7 Apr – 26 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 13 Mar – 12 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 19 May – 26 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Mar – 22 Aug
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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