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 17°06′♊︎ Gemini 15°04′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 22°45′♍︎ Virgo 15°54′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 18°32′♈︎ Aries 7°02′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°29′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°29′♑︎ Capricorn 9°31′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 25°19′♌︎ Leo 12°50′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 18°07′♊︎ Gemini 16°05′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°33′♉︎ Taurus 26°29′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°19′♏︎ Scorpio 28°03′
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: 23 Mar – 16 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 1657
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jan – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 16 Apr – 18 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 1 Apr – 8 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 16 Sept 1655 – 27 Feb; 17 Sept – 28 Feb 1657
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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