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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 6°20′♋︎ Cancer 2°14′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 9°42′♌︎ Leo 7°18′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°12′♒︎ Aquarius 3°29′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°09′♒︎ Aquarius 3°35′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°46′♊︎ Gemini 8°12′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 2°12′♒︎ Aquarius 25°31′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 5°31′♈︎ Aries 2°43′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°03′♎︎ Libra 2°47′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 10°50′♋︎ Cancer 6°44′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 11°16′♌︎ Leo 8°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: 23 Jan – 13 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 10 Jan – 20 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Apr – 15 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jun – 29 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 11 Oct 1698 – 10 Mar; 16 Oct – 14 Mar 1700
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jul – 13 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 10 Nov 1698 – 19 Apr; 12 Nov – 20 Apr 1700
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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