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♊︎ Gemini 13°18′♊︎ Gemini 11°19′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°36′♑︎ Capricorn 15°26′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 25°23′♎︎ Libra 21°15′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°55′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°53′♉︎ Taurus 14°32′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 11°27′♓︎ Pisces 4°45′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°13′♈︎ Aries 14°16′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°33′♍︎ Virgo 15°23′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 14°16′♊︎ Gemini 12°17′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°24′
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: 5 Jan – 25 Jan; 29 Apr – 23 May; 31 Aug – 23 Sept; 20 Dec – 9 Jan 2142
Venus retrograde: 13 Nov – 24 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Aug – 9 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jun – 8 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jan – 28 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 18 Mar – 25 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 2140 – 23 Feb; 13 Sept – 24 Feb 2142
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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