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♊︎ Gemini 0°27′♉︎ Taurus 28°28′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 28°08′♎︎ Libra 24°01′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 1°48′♒︎ Aquarius 16°50′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°11′♏︎ Scorpio 20°24′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°49′♏︎ Scorpio 25°57′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°34′♒︎ Aquarius 11°55′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°30′♊︎ Gemini 23°32′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 1°24′♉︎ Taurus 29°25′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°39′♎︎ Libra 14°59′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°54′
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: 5 Feb – 27 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 14 Nov – 25 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 23 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 29 May – 16 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 1 Feb – 2 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 23 Feb – 2 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 30 Aug 1638 – 11 Feb; 31 Aug – 12 Feb 1640
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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