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 9°44′♉︎ Taurus 7°45′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°02′♒︎ Aquarius 11°24′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°43′♏︎ Scorpio 13°50′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°15′♊︎ Gemini 15°42′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 26°24′♓︎ Pisces 23°36′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 21°12′♈︎ Aries 17°16′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 19°28′♈︎ Aries 12°39′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°42′♉︎ Taurus 8°43′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 26°01′♎︎ Libra 10°49′
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: 31 Jan – 22 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Mar – 11 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 1 Aug – 16 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jul – 27 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jun – 5 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 9 Aug 2349 – 21 Jan; 10 Aug – 23 Jan 2351
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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