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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 20°24′♋︎ Cancer 18°15′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°02′♍︎ Virgo 0°14′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 22°52′♍︎ Virgo 16°00′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 19°44′♓︎ Pisces 5°05′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°35′♏︎ Scorpio 9°41′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 0°52′♒︎ Aquarius 26°56′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°49′♋︎ Cancer 12°30′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 27°16′♍︎ Virgo 11°03′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°33′♏︎ Scorpio 2°46′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 21°35′♋︎ Cancer 19°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°14′♍︎ Virgo 2°26′
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: 23 Feb – 17 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 21 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus retrograde: 21 Aug – 2 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Mar – 6 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jan – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jun – 5 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 Dec 2420 – 10 May; 7 Dec – 13 May 2422
Pluto retrograde: 20 Oct 2420 – 1 Apr; 21 Oct – 2 Apr 2422
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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