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 2°21′♊︎ Gemini 0°22′
- Mercury21 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°23′♑︎ Capricorn 13°20′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°26′♏︎ Scorpio 3°20′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°32′♏︎ Scorpio 24°46′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°47′♉︎ Taurus 13°46′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°03′♒︎ Aquarius 2°13′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 25°58′♋︎ Cancer 9°28′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 12°34′♓︎ Pisces 5°51′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 27°38′♍︎ Virgo 13°09′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 3°18′♊︎ Gemini 1°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°11′
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: 3 Jan – 23 Jan; 28 Apr – 21 May; 29 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 1642
Venus retrograde: 18 Jun – 31 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 23 Jun – 8 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 9 Feb – 11 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 27 Feb – 6 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 31 Aug 1640 – 12 Feb; 2 Sept – 13 Feb 1642
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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