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 6°47′♋︎ Cancer 4°42′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°45′♓︎ Pisces 11°45′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 12°29′♈︎ Aries 26°05′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°17′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°40′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°04′♒︎ Aquarius 4°18′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°56′♒︎ Aquarius 2°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 29°39′♋︎ Cancer 19°37′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°41′♓︎ Pisces 17°47′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 7°53′♋︎ Cancer 5°47′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°07′♏︎ Scorpio 8°09′
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: 29 Feb – 23 Mar; 2 Jul – 26 Jul; 26 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 2 Apr – 15 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jul – 12 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 5 Apr – 24 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 10 May – 12 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Oct 2163 – 18 Mar; 7 Oct – 19 Mar 2165
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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