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 19°08′♊︎ Gemini 17°07′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°51′♋︎ Cancer 0°47′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 17°56′♎︎ Libra 11°11′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°05′♒︎ Aquarius 29°50′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°38′♑︎ Capricorn 1°51′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°47′♑︎ Capricorn 17°50′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 17°12′♋︎ Cancer 7°29′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 20°10′♊︎ Gemini 18°08′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°34′♎︎ Libra 26°40′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 13°09′♌︎ Leo 3°06′
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: 17 Feb – 11 Mar; 20 Jun – 14 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Oct 1657 – 24 Feb; 29 Nov – 29 Mar 1659
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jan – 13 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 25 Apr – 27 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 5 Apr – 13 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 18 Sept 1657 – 1 Mar; 19 Sept – 2 Mar 1659
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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