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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 24°34′♊︎ Gemini 22°34′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 9°47′♋︎ Cancer 6°58′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°59′♑︎ Capricorn 25°56′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°41′♏︎ Scorpio 13°35′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°57′♏︎ Scorpio 1°03′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°07′♏︎ Scorpio 23°27′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°38′♉︎ Taurus 26°41′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 3°57′♍︎ Virgo 17°47′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°25′♍︎ Virgo 25°54′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 25°34′♊︎ Gemini 23°33′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 12°01′♋︎ Cancer 9°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°04′♑︎ Capricorn 9°48′
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: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 11 May – 3 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 2398
Venus retrograde: 28 Aug – 10 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Feb – 27 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 9 Mar – 27 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 20 Feb – 21 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 12 Oct 2396 – 18 Mar; 15 Oct – 20 Mar 2398
Pluto retrograde: 23 Sept 2396 – 6 Mar; 25 Sept – 8 Mar 2398
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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