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 28°36′♊︎ Gemini 26°34′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 18°42′♋︎ Cancer 15°53′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 24°02′♓︎ Pisces 9°41′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°02′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°53′♑︎ Capricorn 9°16′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°01′♋︎ Cancer 17°24′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°33′♓︎ Pisces 12°40′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 29°37′♊︎ Gemini 27°35′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 20°56′♋︎ Cancer 18°07′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°41′♏︎ Scorpio 6°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: 27 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 25 Oct – 15 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Jul – 7 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 24 Apr – 13 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 10 Mar – 10 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 Oct 2400 – 26 Mar; 23 Oct – 29 Mar 2402
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 2400 – 10 Mar; 29 Sept – 12 Mar 2402
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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