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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 27°25′♊︎ Gemini 23°20′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 6°37′♌︎ Leo 4°15′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 26°53′♎︎ Libra 16°58′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 22°12′♓︎ Pisces 8°27′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°39′♒︎ Aquarius 2°00′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 10°59′♊︎ Gemini 24°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°35′♋︎ Cancer 16°16′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 1°02′♓︎ Pisces 28°14′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 1°51′♊︎ Gemini 27°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°19′♏︎ Scorpio 4°18′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 8°09′♌︎ Leo 5°46′
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: 25 Feb – 19 Mar; 29 Jun – 23 Jul; 23 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 2 Jun – 15 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Feb – 13 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 17 May – 5 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 2 Oct 1696 – 28 Feb; 6 Oct – 5 Mar 1698
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jul – 8 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 6 Nov 1696 – 15 Apr; 8 Nov – 17 Apr 1698
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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