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 5°17′♋︎ Cancer 3°10′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°55′♑︎ Capricorn 28°12′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 18°12′♎︎ Libra 8°16′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°37′♒︎ Aquarius 4°50′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°26′♊︎ Gemini 1°52′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 17°23′♋︎ Cancer 0°53′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 22°06′♓︎ Pisces 18°10′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 15°05′♈︎ Aries 8°14′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°45′♍︎ Virgo 27°38′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 6°26′♋︎ Cancer 4°18′
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 Jan – 7 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 9 Jun – 22 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Jan – 4 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jul – 10 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jun – 26 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 9 May – 16 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 4 Oct 1672 – 16 Mar; 6 Oct – 17 Mar 1674
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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