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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 10°25′♉︎ Taurus 6°26′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 21°07′♋︎ Cancer 18°53′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 0°07′♍︎ Virgo 23°19′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°31′♒︎ Aquarius 0°53′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°43′♏︎ Scorpio 12°51′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 5°51′♈︎ Aries 19°25′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°35′♊︎ Gemini 5°02′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 6°27′♓︎ Pisces 3°39′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 14°33′♉︎ Taurus 10°33′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°24′♎︎ Libra 0°12′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 22°26′♋︎ Cancer 20°11′
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 Jan – 10 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 16 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 27 Mar – 8 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Mar – 9 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jan – 25 May
Uranus retrograde: 15 Aug 1685 – 13 Jan; 19 Aug – 18 Jan 1687
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jun – 14 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 21 Oct 1685 – 1 Apr; 23 Oct – 2 Apr 1687
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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