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 26°53′♊︎ Gemini 24°50′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 19°20′♋︎ Cancer 16°32′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°23′♑︎ Capricorn 26°31′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 0°55′♒︎ Aquarius 15°07′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 14°32′♎︎ Libra 4°36′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°13′♑︎ Capricorn 21°16′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°44′♉︎ Taurus 29°05′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 6°35′♈︎ Aries 29°41′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 11°06′♍︎ Virgo 26°13′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 27°56′♊︎ Gemini 25°53′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 21°34′♋︎ Cancer 18°45′
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: 17 Jan – 7 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 22 Jan – 5 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jan – 1 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 19 Aug – 2 Jan 1911
Uranus retrograde: 30 Apr – 1 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 23 Oct 1909 – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Mar 1911
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 1909 – 10 Mar; 28 Sept – 11 Mar 1911
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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