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 2°24′♉︎ Taurus 0°24′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°32′♌︎ Leo 12°30′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 12°56′♍︎ Virgo 10°08′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 1°33′♍︎ Virgo 24°44′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 29°02′♓︎ Pisces 15°21′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°37′♋︎ Cancer 23°15′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 17°40′♈︎ Aries 13°44′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 3°22′♉︎ Taurus 1°23′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 17°33′♎︎ Libra 1°38′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°10′♏︎ Scorpio 11°08′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 15°08′♍︎ Virgo 12°20′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 6 Jul – 30 Jul; 30 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Sept – 23 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Dec 2097 – 7 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jan – 26 May
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 22 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 14 Dec 2097 – 20 May; 16 Dec – 23 May 2099
Pluto retrograde: 1 Aug 2097 – 13 Jan; 2 Aug – 14 Jan 2099
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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