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 24°20′♊︎ Gemini 22°16′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 11°06′♓︎ Pisces 28°56′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°53′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°58′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°08′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°35′♑︎ Capricorn 12°49′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°11′♒︎ Aquarius 8°16′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 17°34′♌︎ Leo 5°40′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 25°23′♊︎ Gemini 23°19′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°44′♏︎ Scorpio 27°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°41′♏︎ Scorpio 21°28′
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 Mar – 9 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Nov – 17 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 25 Mar – 14 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 16 May – 18 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 17 Apr – 24 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 24 Sept 1662 – 6 Mar; 25 Sept – 6 Mar 1664
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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