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.
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 28°14′♋︎ Cancer 26°00′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 4°26′♋︎ Cancer 27°29′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 23°17′♍︎ Virgo 13°17′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 25°50′♈︎ Aries 14°15′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 17°00′♓︎ Pisces 14°12′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 18°50′♈︎ Aries 14°53′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 2°40′♌︎ Leo 20°15′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 29°33′♋︎ Cancer 27°18′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°28′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 18°22′♌︎ Leo 11°26′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 12°04′♋︎ Cancer 22°50′
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: 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 27 Aug; 25 Nov – 15 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 13 Dec – 2 Mar 2183
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jan – 9 May
Saturn retrograde: 15 Nov 2181 – 29 Mar; 29 Nov – 12 Apr 2183
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jul – 24 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 19 Jun – 25 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 2181 – 8 Apr; 30 Oct – 10 Apr 2183
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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