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 28°09′♈︎ Aries 26°09′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 21°51′♉︎ Taurus 17°51′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°59′♍︎ Virgo 6°11′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 20°05′♓︎ Pisces 6°17′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°36′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°17′♑︎ Capricorn 17°26′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°20′♋︎ Cancer 14°05′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 29°06′♈︎ Aries 27°07′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 26°04′♉︎ Taurus 22°03′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°12′♏︎ Scorpio 2°12′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 11°11′♍︎ Virgo 8°23′
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: 23 Feb – 18 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 21 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 4 Apr – 24 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 27 Aug 1604 – 25 Jan; 1 Sept – 29 Jan 1606
Neptune retrograde: 10 Dec 1604 – 17 May; 13 Dec – 19 May 1606
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jul 1604 – 9 Jan; 29 Jul – 10 Jan 1606
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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