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 28°32′♉︎ Taurus 26°34′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 5°17′♍︎ Virgo 25°20′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 18°43′♎︎ Libra 14°36′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°49′♏︎ Scorpio 16°02′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 5°30′♓︎ Pisces 22°54′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°27′♑︎ Capricorn 18°50′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 11°35′♌︎ Leo 0°06′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 29°29′♉︎ Taurus 27°31′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°34′♏︎ Scorpio 16°24′
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: 11 Mar – 3 Apr; 14 Jul – 7 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Jan – 22 May
Saturn retrograde: 4 May – 22 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jan – 22 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 18 Feb – 28 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 1636 – 8 Feb; 29 Aug – 9 Feb 1638
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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