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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 20°31′♉︎ Taurus 17°41′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 19°07′♍︎ Virgo 16°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°53′♑︎ Capricorn 12°48′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 15°07′♎︎ Libra 11°00′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 5°34′♍︎ Virgo 25°37′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°15′♏︎ Scorpio 18°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°55′♉︎ Taurus 12°48′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 22°45′♉︎ Taurus 19°56′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°02′♍︎ Virgo 12°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°41′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 21°21′♍︎ Virgo 18°39′
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: 3 Jan – 24 Jan; 27 Apr – 21 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 1721
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jan – 22 May
Saturn retrograde: 4 Mar – 22 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 19 Jan – 18 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 24 Aug 1719 – 28 Jan; 26 Aug – 30 Jan 1721
Pluto retrograde: 22 Dec 1719 – 27 May; 23 Dec – 29 May 1721
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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