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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 24°55′♊︎ Gemini 22°51′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 19°44′♋︎ Cancer 16°55′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 3°22′♌︎ Leo 26°30′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 20°39′♈︎ Aries 9°38′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 10°16′♈︎ Aries 23°47′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 10°59′♓︎ Pisces 7°04′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°27′♌︎ Leo 14°33′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 26°01′♊︎ Gemini 23°56′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°52′♊︎ Gemini 0°48′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 21°57′♋︎ Cancer 19°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°44′♏︎ Scorpio 29°27′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 16°28′♍︎ Virgo 9°38′
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: 18 Mar – 11 Apr; 21 Jul – 14 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Mar – 5 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Sept – 17 Jan 1420
Saturn retrograde: 5 Dec 1418 – 20 Apr; 18 Dec – 3 May 1420
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jun – 8 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 14 Oct 1418 – 20 Mar; 17 Oct – 21 Mar 1420
Pluto retrograde: 16 Sept 1418 – 26 Feb; 18 Sept – 28 Feb 1420
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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