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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 18°41′♊︎ Gemini 16°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 1°29′♊︎ Gemini 28°40′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 3°21′♒︎ Aquarius 17°31′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 5°28′♒︎ Aquarius 20°29′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°17′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°16′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°48′♑︎ Capricorn 21°11′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°15′♒︎ Aquarius 7°24′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 6°08′♊︎ Gemini 27°11′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°41′♊︎ Gemini 17°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 3°43′♋︎ Cancer 0°54′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°22′♎︎ Libra 18°43′
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: 9 Feb – 3 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Jan – 7 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jun – 4 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 8 May – 26 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 27 Mar – 27 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 5 Oct 1901 – 10 Mar; 7 Oct – 13 Mar 1903
Pluto retrograde: 19 Sept 1901 – 2 Mar; 20 Sept – 3 Mar 1903
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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