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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 26°27′♊︎ Gemini 24°23′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°06′♒︎ Aquarius 22°24′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°05′♑︎ Capricorn 2°29′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°59′♑︎ Capricorn 17°13′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°15′♒︎ Aquarius 16°19′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°24′♒︎ Aquarius 12°33′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 19°32′♋︎ Cancer 3°01′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°51′♊︎ Gemini 29°36′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 27°31′♊︎ Gemini 25°27′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°51′♎︎ Libra 20°04′
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: 10 Feb – 4 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 8 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 11 Jun – 24 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 17 Apr – 6 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 24 May – 25 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 21 Apr – 28 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 25 Sept 1664 – 8 Mar; 27 Sept – 9 Mar 1666
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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