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♋︎ Cancer 3°01′♋︎ Cancer 0°55′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 17°36′♌︎ Leo 7°34′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 16°47′♓︎ Pisces 2°41′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°12′♒︎ Aquarius 0°25′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 14°10′♓︎ Pisces 10°14′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°26′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 19°31′♓︎ Pisces 12°45′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 4°09′♋︎ Cancer 2°02′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°09′♎︎ Libra 29°13′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°16′♏︎ Scorpio 24°58′
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: 20 Feb – 14 Mar; 23 Jun – 18 Jul; 18 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Nov – 15 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Dec 1670 – 3 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jun – 16 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jun – 19 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 5 May – 12 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 3 Oct 1670 – 14 Mar; 4 Oct – 15 Mar 1672
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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