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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 24°05′♉︎ Taurus 17°10′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 21°51′♋︎ Cancer 19°40′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°38′♒︎ Aquarius 9°57′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 28°27′♓︎ Pisces 14°38′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 5°53′♓︎ Pisces 3°05′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 28°58′♓︎ Pisces 25°03′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 2°46′♋︎ Cancer 22°33′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 9°46′♈︎ Aries 29°47′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 7°59′♊︎ Gemini 1°03′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 23°06′♋︎ Cancer 20°54′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°42′♏︎ Scorpio 10°42′
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: 3 Mar – 26 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 29 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Jan – 26 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Aug – 24 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 4 Sept 2176 – 17 Jan; 19 Sept – 31 Jan 2178
Uranus retrograde: 3 Jul – 3 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 7 Jun – 14 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 22 Oct 2176 – 2 Apr; 23 Oct – 3 Apr 2178
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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