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.
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°39′♑︎ Capricorn 23°25′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°47′♑︎ Capricorn 2°04′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°32′♑︎ Capricorn 11°31′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°59′♉︎ Taurus 21°15′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 5°52′♓︎ Pisces 3°05′
- Mars65 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°30′♑︎ Capricorn 24°23′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 2°53′♓︎ Pisces 26°10′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 7°19′♍︎ Virgo 23°27′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°09′♊︎ Gemini 1°08′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°48′♑︎ Capricorn 7°29′
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: 13 Jan – 2 Feb; 5 May – 29 May; 7 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2997
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Jun – 24 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Sept – 24 Jan 2997
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jul – 28 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 18 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jun – 13 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 5 Apr – 11 Sept
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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