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 2°29′♋︎ Cancer 0°26′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°29′♑︎ Capricorn 27°33′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°53′♏︎ Scorpio 4°10′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°41′♏︎ Scorpio 4°48′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°21′♑︎ Capricorn 16°23′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°15′♑︎ Capricorn 25°29′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°14′♉︎ Taurus 29°30′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°08′♍︎ Virgo 27°21′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 3°33′♋︎ Cancer 1°29′
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: 18 Jan – 7 Feb; 13 May – 6 Jun; 12 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Feb – 1 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 18 Feb – 7 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 29 Apr – 6 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 2 Oct 2159 – 14 Mar; 3 Oct – 15 Mar 2161
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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