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 18°08′♉︎ Taurus 16°10′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 26°21′♌︎ Leo 22°13′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°38′♍︎ Virgo 8°48′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 24°51′♎︎ Libra 22°05′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°09′♒︎ Aquarius 14°04′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°49′♎︎ Libra 20°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°19′♊︎ Gemini 20°27′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 19°05′♉︎ Taurus 17°06′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 28°02′♎︎ Libra 12°26′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 1°07′♌︎ Leo 26°58′
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: 2 Feb – 24 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 30 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Feb – 17 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 25 Dec 1625 – 11 May
Uranus retrograde: 1 Dec 1625 – 29 Apr; 6 Dec – 4 May 1627
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jan – 3 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 17 Aug 1625 – 29 Jan; 19 Aug – 30 Jan 1627
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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