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 19°25′♋︎ Cancer 17°15′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°52′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°23′♈︎ Aries 22°29′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 1°25′♒︎ Aquarius 28°38′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 17°45′♋︎ Cancer 1°14′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°41′♒︎ Aquarius 16°50′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 21°02′♓︎ Pisces 17°07′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 10°17′♌︎ Leo 27°19′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 10°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°32′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 20°38′♋︎ Cancer 18°27′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°04′
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: 18 Dec 2174 – 7 Jan; 8 Apr – 2 May; 11 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Jun – 22 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug – 5 Jan 2176
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jun – 26 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jun – 10 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 19 Oct 2174 – 31 Mar; 21 Oct – 31 Mar 2176
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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