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♉︎ Taurus 1°55′♈︎ Aries 29°55′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°17′♓︎ Pisces 5°45′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°11′♑︎ Capricorn 7°35′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 8°33′♓︎ Pisces 5°46′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 19°31′♓︎ Pisces 15°36′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 22°43′♋︎ Cancer 13°17′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 2°55′♓︎ Pisces 23°02′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 2°55′♉︎ Taurus 0°55′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°02′♏︎ Scorpio 3°13′
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: 24 Feb – 18 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 22 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 23 Apr – 12 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jun – 25 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jun – 17 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 1 Aug 2341 – 13 Jan; 2 Aug – 15 Jan 2343
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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