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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 27°05′♉︎ Taurus 23°05′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 26°28′♋︎ Cancer 24°12′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°51′♏︎ Scorpio 12°10′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 29°20′♓︎ Pisces 16°09′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 15°23′♓︎ Pisces 12°35′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°42′♋︎ Cancer 23°48′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 9°07′♓︎ Pisces 29°11′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 1°20′♉︎ Taurus 27°19′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 27°52′♋︎ Cancer 25°34′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°58′♏︎ Scorpio 10°52′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 7 Jul – 31 Jul; 30 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jul – 23 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 25 Feb – 15 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 1 Sept 1689 – 30 Jan; 5 Sept – 3 Feb 1691
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jun – 23 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 27 Oct 1689 – 6 Apr; 28 Oct – 7 Apr 1691
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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