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♉︎ Taurus 3°43′♉︎ Taurus 1°44′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 16°40′♉︎ Taurus 12°41′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 15°52′♊︎ Gemini 8°55′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 21°01′♓︎ Pisces 7°01′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 18°12′♓︎ Pisces 15°24′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°36′♒︎ Aquarius 22°44′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°52′♋︎ Cancer 14°50′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 4°41′♉︎ Taurus 2°43′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 20°49′♉︎ Taurus 16°50′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 15°22′♍︎ Virgo 29°29′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 0°02′♊︎ Gemini 23°04′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°21′♏︎ Scorpio 3°23′
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: 25 Feb – 19 Mar; 28 Jun – 23 Jul; 23 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 10 Sept – 22 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Jun – 19 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 28 Sept 1854 – 9 Feb; 12 Oct – 23 Feb 1856
Uranus retrograde: 22 Aug 1854 – 21 Jan; 27 Aug – 25 Jan 1856
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jun – 27 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 3 Aug 1854 – 15 Jan; 4 Aug – 16 Jan 1856
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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