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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 20°50′♈︎ Aries 18°47′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 29°53′♌︎ Leo 22°57′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°04′♑︎ Capricorn 29°06′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°19′♒︎ Aquarius 1°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°36′♊︎ Gemini 0°50′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°11′♒︎ Aquarius 11°24′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°52′♈︎ Aries 19°49′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°40′♈︎ Aries 24°42′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°42′♍︎ Virgo 28°59′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 13°26′♍︎ Virgo 6°32′
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: 20 Jan – 9 Feb; 16 May – 8 Jun; 15 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 20 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 Dec 2330 – 25 Apr; 25 Dec – 8 May 2332
Uranus retrograde: 10 May – 11 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 17 May – 24 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jul 2330 – 3 Jan; 22 Jul – 4 Jan 2332
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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