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 11°23′♉︎ Taurus 9°25′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 20°41′♊︎ Gemini 16°38′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 5°31′♍︎ Virgo 28°44′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°33′♒︎ Aquarius 12°13′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 27°21′♎︎ Libra 17°27′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 26°33′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 6°06′♈︎ Aries 3°18′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 12°20′♉︎ Taurus 10°22′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 13°05′♍︎ Virgo 27°10′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 26°31′♎︎ Libra 11°03′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 25°04′♊︎ Gemini 21°00′
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: 1 Feb – 22 Feb; 1 Jun – 25 Jun; 29 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Sept – 20 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Feb – 14 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jan – 1 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 26 Sept 1862 – 23 Feb; 1 Oct – 28 Feb 1864
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jul – 15 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 11 Aug 1862 – 23 Jan; 12 Aug – 24 Jan 1864
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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