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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°12′♈︎ Aries 24°13′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 13°31′♉︎ Taurus 9°32′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 4°36′♍︎ Virgo 1°48′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 18°00′♓︎ Pisces 1°56′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°27′♏︎ Scorpio 12°35′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°33′♏︎ Scorpio 26°56′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 25°00′♈︎ Aries 14°08′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 27°10′♈︎ Aries 25°11′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°49′♌︎ Leo 18°49′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 17°41′♉︎ Taurus 13°40′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°37′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 6°48′♍︎ Virgo 4°00′
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: 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 3 Aug – 27 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 7 Feb – 21 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Mar – 10 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 13 Mar – 1 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 Aug 1602 – 17 Jan; 23 Aug – 22 Jan 1604
Neptune retrograde: 7 Dec 1602 – 13 May; 9 Dec – 14 May 1604
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jul 1602 – 8 Jan; 28 Jul – 9 Jan 1604
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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