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♌︎ Leo 0°53′♋︎ Cancer 28°38′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 2°03′♌︎ Leo 25°09′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 21°25′♓︎ Pisces 7°06′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°14′♏︎ Scorpio 13°21′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 21°28′♓︎ Pisces 18°40′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°29′♋︎ Cancer 14°48′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 26°49′♈︎ Aries 22°52′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°00′♏︎ Scorpio 4°07′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 2°14′♋︎ Cancer 29°58′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°29′♍︎ Virgo 8°36′
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: 25 Feb – 18 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 22 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Mar – 9 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 12 Dec 2183 – 25 Apr; 25 Dec – 10 May 2185
Uranus retrograde: 31 Jul – 31 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jun – 29 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 1 Nov 2183 – 10 Apr; 1 Nov – 12 Apr 2185
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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