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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 22°03′♊︎ Gemini 15°06′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 15°54′♊︎ Gemini 5°52′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 24°22′♋︎ Cancer 22°10′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°27′♒︎ Aquarius 9°51′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°53′♊︎ Gemini 14°20′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 10°20′♓︎ Pisces 7°32′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 6°54′♈︎ Aries 2°59′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 24°26′♎︎ Libra 9°12′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 6°12′♊︎ Gemini 29°15′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 25°38′♋︎ Cancer 23°25′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°14′♋︎ Cancer 10°10′
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: 29 Jan – 20 Feb; 28 May – 21 Jun; 26 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 2178 – 30 Jan; 7 Nov – 5 Mar 2180
Saturn retrograde: 4 Oct 2178 – 14 Feb; 18 Oct – 29 Feb 2180
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jul – 12 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 12 Jun – 18 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Oct 2178 – 5 Apr; 26 Oct – 5 Apr 2180
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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