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 7°48′♉︎ Taurus 5°49′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 23°42′♍︎ Virgo 13°42′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 19°26′♓︎ Pisces 3°30′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 0°00′♓︎ Pisces 16°06′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 21°56′♓︎ Pisces 19°08′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 24°13′♓︎ Pisces 17°28′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°10′♋︎ Cancer 24°01′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 13°16′♈︎ Aries 9°20′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 8°46′♉︎ Taurus 6°47′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°19′♏︎ Scorpio 12°20′
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: 5 Mar – 28 Mar; 7 Jul – 31 Jul; 31 Oct – 21 Nov
Venus retrograde: 10 Feb – 22 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jan – 10 May
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jul – 20 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jul – 18 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 24 Jun – 30 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 8 Aug 2347 – 20 Jan; 8 Aug – 20 Jan 2349
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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