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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 14°41′♋︎ Cancer 12°33′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 19°01′♎︎ Libra 9°05′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°44′♓︎ Pisces 4°16′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°32′♒︎ Aquarius 19°45′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 5°08′♓︎ Pisces 1°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°20′♋︎ Cancer 11°50′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 18°43′♓︎ Pisces 11°59′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 15°51′♋︎ Cancer 13°42′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°25′♏︎ Scorpio 1°35′
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: 22 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Feb – 5 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jun – 15 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jun – 10 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 25 May – 1 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 15 Oct 2170 – 26 Mar; 16 Oct – 27 Mar 2172
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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