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 27°43′♋︎ Cancer 25°31′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 16°12′♍︎ Virgo 13°24′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 29°25′♓︎ Pisces 15°23′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°19′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 24°43′♓︎ Pisces 20°48′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°17′♋︎ Cancer 23°18′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°17′♊︎ Gemini 6°14′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 28°59′♋︎ Cancer 26°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°50′♏︎ Scorpio 11°53′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 18°23′♍︎ Virgo 15°36′
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: 5 Mar – 27 Mar; 6 Jul – 31 Jul; 31 Oct – 20 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct – 30 Jan 2428
Saturn retrograde: 16 Mar – 3 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jun – 30 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 18 Dec 2426 – 24 May; 20 Dec – 26 May 2428
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 2426 – 8 Apr; 30 Oct – 8 Apr 2428
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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