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 12°22′♋︎ Cancer 10°15′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 18°00′♌︎ Leo 7°57′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°04′♒︎ Aquarius 12°22′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 22°58′♈︎ Aries 11°10′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°07′♒︎ Aquarius 15°19′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°09′♒︎ Aquarius 23°14′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°39′♒︎ Aquarius 17°59′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°44′♌︎ Leo 17°31′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 13°31′♋︎ Cancer 11°24′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°56′
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: 28 Mar – 21 Apr; 1 Aug – 24 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Jan – 1 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Dec 2168 – 3 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 22 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 31 May – 1 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 20 May – 27 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 12 Oct 2168 – 23 Mar; 13 Oct – 25 Mar 2170
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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