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 4°37′♋︎ Cancer 2°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°19′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°23′♏︎ Scorpio 27°44′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°29′♈︎ Aries 19°21′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°41′♑︎ Capricorn 24°44′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°33′♑︎ Capricorn 7°43′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°40′♑︎ Capricorn 29°53′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°24′♌︎ Leo 24°37′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 29°28′♍︎ Virgo 13°19′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 5°42′♋︎ Cancer 3°37′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°31′
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: 15 Dec 2161 – 4 Jan; 5 Apr – 29 Apr; 8 Aug – 1 Sept; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Aug – 5 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 13 Mar – 1 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 3 May – 4 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 4 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 4 Oct 2161 – 16 Mar; 5 Oct – 18 Mar 2163
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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