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 22°57′♈︎ Aries 20°57′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°30′♑︎ Capricorn 29°45′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°18′♒︎ Aquarius 0°40′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°47′♊︎ Gemini 3°13′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°43′♒︎ Aquarius 20°56′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 9°00′♋︎ Cancer 22°33′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 6°15′♈︎ Aries 2°19′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 3°58′♓︎ Pisces 24°03′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 23°57′♈︎ Aries 21°57′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°20′♍︎ Virgo 29°16′
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: 20 Jan – 10 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 15 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 2 Jul – 14 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 19 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 17 May – 5 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jul – 11 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 26 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 24 Jul 1843 – 5 Jan; 24 Jul – 5 Jan 1845
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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