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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 18°56′♈︎ Aries 16°55′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°47′♏︎ Scorpio 8°54′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 22°52′♈︎ Aries 11°30′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°07′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°50′♒︎ Aquarius 12°03′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 20°22′♓︎ Pisces 16°27′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 19°57′♈︎ Aries 17°56′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°42′♌︎ Leo 17°07′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°13′
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: 28 Mar – 21 Apr; 1 Aug – 24 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Mar – 6 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 31 Mar – 19 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jun – 25 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 17 May – 24 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jul 1839 – 1 Jan; 20 Jul – 1 Jan 1841
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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