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 11°22′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 15°53′♎︎ Libra 11°45′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°51′♒︎ Aquarius 18°37′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°34′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°42′♒︎ Aquarius 11°03′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°43′♒︎ Aquarius 1°53′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°23′♊︎ Gemini 24°39′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 12°20′♊︎ Gemini 10°21′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°51′♎︎ Libra 17°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: 7 Feb – 1 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 28 May – 15 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 20 Jan – 19 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 14 Mar – 21 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 10 Sept 2138 – 22 Feb; 12 Sept – 23 Feb 2140
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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