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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 5°28′♊︎ Gemini 3°28′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 7°16′♊︎ Gemini 4°27′
- Jupiter122 days♎︎ Libra 8°27′♍︎ Virgo 28°31′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 4°05′♒︎ Aquarius 18°08′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°28′♓︎ Pisces 25°20′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°14′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°29′♑︎ Capricorn 0°53′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°54′♌︎ Leo 1°58′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 6°27′♊︎ Gemini 4°27′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°30′♊︎ Gemini 6°41′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°59′♏︎ Scorpio 17°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: 4 Mar – 28 Mar; 7 Jul – 31 Jul; 29 Oct – 18 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Jan – 27 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jan – 17 May
Saturn retrograde: 7 Apr – 27 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 Mar – 20 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 2 Sept 1399 – 5 Feb; 3 Sept – 7 Feb 1401
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 1399 – 8 Feb; 28 Aug – 8 Feb 1401
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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