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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 0°50′♈︎ Aries 26°53′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 3°36′♌︎ Leo 1°19′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 28°36′♍︎ Virgo 21°45′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°40′♒︎ Aquarius 2°51′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°55′♑︎ Capricorn 17°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°30′♊︎ Gemini 5°54′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 25°56′♓︎ Pisces 23°08′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 4°53′♉︎ Taurus 0°55′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 22°47′♍︎ Virgo 6°34′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°30′♎︎ Libra 2°31′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 4°59′♌︎ Leo 2°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: 22 Jan – 12 Feb; 19 May – 12 Jun; 18 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 16 Aug – 28 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 12 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jan – 23 May
Uranus retrograde: 5 Aug 2185 – 4 Jan; 9 Aug – 8 Jan 2187
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jun – 4 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 3 Nov 2185 – 13 Apr; 5 Nov – 15 Apr 2187
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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