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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 5°02′♋︎ Cancer 2°54′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 9°42′♌︎ Leo 6°53′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 8°48′♒︎ Aquarius 24°25′
- Saturn142 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 11°33′♋︎ Cancer 1°57′
- Jupiter119 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°04′♒︎ Aquarius 17°13′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 16°52′♈︎ Aries 12°55′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 6°13′♋︎ Cancer 4°04′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°19′♎︎ Libra 21°27′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°15′♏︎ Scorpio 22°58′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 11°54′♌︎ Leo 9°06′
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 Feb – 26 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 1 Oct – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 24 Oct – 4 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jun – 4 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 21 Mar – 10 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jul – 13 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Nov 1427 – 8 Apr; 5 Nov – 11 Apr 1429
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 1427 – 7 Mar; 27 Sept – 9 Mar 1429
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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