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 17°01′♋︎ Cancer 14°52′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°05′♒︎ Aquarius 0°12′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°00′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°21′♊︎ Gemini 2°42′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°58′♒︎ Aquarius 24°11′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 13°05′♓︎ Pisces 9°10′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 13°56′♈︎ Aries 7°07′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°49′♍︎ Virgo 29°56′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 18°13′♋︎ Cancer 16°03′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°24′♏︎ Scorpio 24°03′
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: 19 Jan – 9 Feb; 16 May – 9 Jun; 15 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 3 Nov – 14 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jun – 18 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 29 May – 5 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 16 Oct 2172 – 28 Mar; 18 Oct – 29 Mar 2174
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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