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 28°36′♊︎ Gemini 26°31′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°33′♑︎ Capricorn 18°36′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°53′♒︎ Aquarius 13°04′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°24′♑︎ Capricorn 21°37′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°58′♉︎ Taurus 20°11′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°50′♑︎ Capricorn 25°13′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°15′♒︎ Aquarius 24°20′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°36′♈︎ Aries 25°36′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 3°04′♍︎ Virgo 18°21′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 29°41′♊︎ Gemini 27°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°34′♑︎ Capricorn 2°21′
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 Jan – 29 Jan; 4 May – 28 May; 4 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 1668
Venus retrograde: 19 Jan – 2 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 20 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 May – 29 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 26 Apr – 3 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 28 Sept 1666 – 10 Mar; 29 Sept – 11 Mar 1668
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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