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 16°06′♉︎ Taurus 14°08′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 12°53′♋︎ Cancer 8°47′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 23°43′♓︎ Pisces 9°54′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°42′♏︎ Scorpio 29°03′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 2°34′♋︎ Cancer 16°04′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°59′♋︎ Cancer 17°45′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 17°19′♈︎ Aries 14°31′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°13′♈︎ Aries 4°17′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 17°02′♉︎ Taurus 15°05′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 17°25′♋︎ Cancer 13°19′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°55′♏︎ Scorpio 5°55′
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 Feb – 21 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 25 Jun – 7 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Aug – 29 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 14 Mar – 2 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 Oct 1867 – 16 Mar; 23 Oct – 21 Mar 1869
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jul – 25 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 16 Aug 1867 – 28 Jan; 16 Aug – 28 Jan 1869
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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