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 3°54′♉︎ Taurus 1°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°40′♒︎ Aquarius 1°45′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°56′♒︎ Aquarius 0°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°44′♊︎ Gemini 4°03′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 13°01′♓︎ Pisces 10°14′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 27°26′♓︎ Pisces 23°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 4°53′♉︎ Taurus 2°53′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°24′♎︎ Libra 1°35′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°01′♊︎ Gemini 5°59′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°19′
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; 18 May – 11 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 27 Nov – 7 Jan 2345
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 2345
Saturn retrograde: 16 May – 4 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jul – 2 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jun – 21 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Aug 2343 – 16 Jan; 4 Aug – 16 Jan 2345
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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