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.
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 24°43′♌︎ Leo 22°10′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 13°12′♍︎ Virgo 9°03′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°43′♒︎ Aquarius 5°22′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 24°13′♎︎ Libra 21°27′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°52′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°34′♒︎ Aquarius 6°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°31′♊︎ Gemini 10°52′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 6°31′♊︎ Gemini 20°00′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 19°37′♎︎ Libra 4°11′
- Pluto158 days♌︎ Leo 26°36′♌︎ Leo 24°03′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 17°59′♍︎ Virgo 13°50′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°32′♑︎ Capricorn 18°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: 16 Jan – 6 Feb; 16 May – 9 Jun; 13 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 20 Jan 1463
Venus retrograde: 20 May – 2 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 15 May – 2 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 9 Dec 1461 – 8 May; 14 Dec – 13 May 1463
Neptune retrograde: 16 Jan – 24 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 17 Nov 1461 – 25 Apr; 19 Nov – 27 Apr 1463
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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