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 10°35′♉︎ Taurus 8°37′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 24°08′♉︎ Taurus 17°11′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 18°55′♋︎ Cancer 14°48′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 7°25′♎︎ Libra 4°38′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 22°48′♓︎ Pisces 9°12′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 7°44′♒︎ Aquarius 27°52′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°26′♋︎ Cancer 16°59′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 11°32′♉︎ Taurus 9°34′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 8°14′♊︎ Gemini 1°17′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°47′♏︎ Scorpio 4°45′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 23°30′♋︎ Cancer 19°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: 26 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jun – 24 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 5 Sept 1617 – 18 Jan; 20 Sept – 1 Feb 1619
Uranus retrograde: 24 Oct 1617 – 23 Mar; 29 Oct – 27 Mar 1619
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jan – 15 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 10 Aug 1617 – 22 Jan; 11 Aug – 23 Jan 1619
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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