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 26°34′♊︎ Gemini 24°33′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 14°15′♋︎ Cancer 11°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°54′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°57′♏︎ Scorpio 22°53′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°34′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 28°24′♈︎ Aries 16°46′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 16°55′♉︎ Taurus 0°32′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°09′♑︎ Capricorn 3°19′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°15′♌︎ Leo 22°54′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 27°35′♊︎ Gemini 25°34′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 16°28′♋︎ Cancer 13°39′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°09′
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: 14 Dec 2398 – 3 Jan; 3 Apr – 27 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Apr – 20 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 2 Apr – 21 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 2 Mar – 1 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 17 Oct 2398 – 23 Mar; 20 Oct – 24 Mar 2400
Pluto retrograde: 26 Sept 2398 – 9 Mar; 27 Sept – 9 Mar 2400
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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