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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 8°55′♋︎ Cancer 6°47′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 13°45′♌︎ Leo 10°57′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°54′♍︎ Virgo 8°55′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 24°48′♍︎ Virgo 17°58′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 17°45′♓︎ Pisces 3°28′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 10°16′♈︎ Aries 23°52′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 9°38′♓︎ Pisces 5°42′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°51′♋︎ Cancer 11°08′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 10°03′♋︎ Cancer 7°56′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°17′♏︎ Scorpio 0°24′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 15°58′♌︎ Leo 13°10′
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: 21 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Apr – 14 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 6 May
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jan – 20 May
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jun – 15 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 16 Nov 1920 – 22 Apr; 18 Nov – 24 Apr 1922
Pluto retrograde: 9 Oct 1920 – 21 Mar; 11 Oct – 22 Mar 1922
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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