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 7°24′♋︎ Cancer 5°14′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°07′♌︎ Leo 11°18′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°05′♑︎ Capricorn 20°15′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°55′♑︎ Capricorn 7°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 1°37′♉︎ Taurus 23°00′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 15°05′♊︎ Gemini 28°34′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 24°59′♈︎ Aries 21°02′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°15′♉︎ Taurus 0°14′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 4°46′♍︎ Virgo 19°49′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 8°36′♋︎ Cancer 6°26′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 16°19′♌︎ Leo 13°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°03′♑︎ Capricorn 3°54′
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: 1 Jan – 22 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 28 Aug – 19 Sept; 16 Dec – 5 Jan 1431
Venus retrograde: 30 May – 12 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Aug – 17 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 14 Apr – 3 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 21 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 7 Nov 1429 – 13 Apr; 10 Nov – 15 Apr 1431
Pluto retrograde: 29 Sept 1429 – 10 Mar; 30 Sept – 12 Mar 1431
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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