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 13°05′♊︎ Gemini 11°04′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°39′♋︎ Cancer 21°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 4°27′♒︎ Aquarius 19°37′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°44′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°31′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°47′♑︎ Capricorn 2°57′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°41′♊︎ Gemini 26°35′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 1°46′♍︎ Virgo 15°46′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 14°04′♊︎ Gemini 12°04′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°15′♎︎ Libra 17°32′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 12°35′♌︎ Leo 5°39′
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: 8 Feb – 1 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Aug – 7 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 29 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 9 Nov 1651 – 22 Mar; 22 Nov – 6 Apr 1653
Uranus retrograde: 30 Mar – 31 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 23 Mar – 30 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 1651 – 23 Feb; 13 Sept – 23 Feb 1653
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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