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 20°57′♈︎ Aries 18°56′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°20′♓︎ Pisces 4°10′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°25′♑︎ Capricorn 7°49′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°40′♑︎ Capricorn 12°50′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°16′♒︎ Aquarius 16°29′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°44′♋︎ Cancer 11°54′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 28°17′♓︎ Pisces 24°22′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°57′♈︎ Aries 19°57′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°46′♏︎ Scorpio 0°51′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°17′
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: 22 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 28 Nov – 8 Jan 1843
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 May – 9 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 23 Apr – 12 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 3 Jul – 4 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 May – 29 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jul 1841 – 2 Jan; 22 Jul – 3 Jan 1843
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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