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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 4°16′♊︎ Gemini 2°17′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 6°07′♒︎ Aquarius 20°11′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°37′♏︎ Scorpio 12°32′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°53′♏︎ Scorpio 29°07′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°41′♈︎ Aries 3°56′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 7°45′♈︎ Aries 0°57′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°23′♌︎ Leo 10°06′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 25°02′♈︎ Aries 15°04′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 5°14′♊︎ Gemini 3°15′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°46′♏︎ Scorpio 25°31′
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: 21 Mar – 14 Apr; 25 Jul – 18 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Jan – 9 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Aug – 10 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jul – 4 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 19 Feb – 21 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 4 Mar – 11 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 3 Sept 1642 – 14 Feb; 4 Sept – 16 Feb 1644
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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