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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 22°47′♋︎ Cancer 20°37′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 7°26′♍︎ Virgo 4°38′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°11′♒︎ Aquarius 1°13′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 18°45′♎︎ Libra 11°57′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 10°12′♈︎ Aries 23°52′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°26′♑︎ Capricorn 12°35′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°52′♊︎ Gemini 3°07′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 8°51′♓︎ Pisces 4°55′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°51′♎︎ Libra 1°06′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 24°00′♋︎ Cancer 21°49′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°38′♍︎ Virgo 6°50′
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: 21 Jan – 11 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 Mar – 13 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 27 Jan – 14 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jun – 14 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 9 Dec 2422 – 15 May; 12 Dec – 17 May 2424
Pluto retrograde: 23 Oct 2422 – 3 Apr; 25 Oct – 4 Apr 2424
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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