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.
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 16°30′♎︎ Libra 13°41′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°24′♏︎ Scorpio 23°47′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°33′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 17°04′♈︎ Aries 5°39′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°00′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°50′♌︎ Leo 11°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°42′♏︎ Scorpio 26°26′
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: 14 Mar – 6 Apr; 17 Jul – 10 Aug; 7 Nov – 27 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Mar – 18 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 28 Feb – 19 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 24 Mar – 25 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 7 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jan – 14 Jun
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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