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♉︎ Taurus 2°58′♉︎ Taurus 0°59′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 13°12′♊︎ Gemini 9°09′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°14′♊︎ Gemini 11°10′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 19°55′♍︎ Virgo 17°08′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 17°27′♈︎ Aries 5°54′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°30′♒︎ Aquarius 16°49′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°12′♌︎ Leo 11°45′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 3°55′♉︎ Taurus 1°57′
- Mars67 days♉︎ Taurus 3°15′♈︎ Aries 19°13′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 17°34′♊︎ Gemini 13°31′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 24°38′♋︎ Cancer 14°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°16′♏︎ Scorpio 27°00′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 22°06′♍︎ Virgo 19°19′
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 Mar – 16 Apr; 26 Jul – 19 Aug; 17 Nov – 6 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 13 Sept – 19 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct 1609 – 4 Feb; 11 Nov – 11 Mar 1611
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 18 Sept 1609 – 15 Feb; 23 Sept – 20 Feb 1611
Neptune retrograde: 21 Dec 1609 – 28 May; 24 Dec – 31 May 1611
Pluto retrograde: 2 Aug 1609 – 14 Jan; 3 Aug – 15 Jan 1611
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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