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♋︎ Cancer 0°23′♊︎ Gemini 28°20′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 14°37′♍︎ Virgo 4°37′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 16°26′♎︎ Libra 9°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°03′♓︎ Pisces 1°26′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°54′♑︎ Capricorn 7°55′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°52′♑︎ Capricorn 21°05′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°10′♋︎ Cancer 8°50′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 1°26′♊︎ Gemini 29°22′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°50′♎︎ Libra 29°02′
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: 19 Feb – 13 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 17 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Dec 2157 – 30 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jan – 11 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 25 Apr – 2 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 30 Sept 2157 – 12 Mar; 1 Oct – 13 Mar 2159
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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