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♌︎ Leo 0°16′♋︎ Cancer 28°03′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°50′♋︎ Cancer 10°46′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 20°35′♍︎ Virgo 17°47′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°31′♒︎ Aquarius 10°49′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°16′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°20′♊︎ Gemini 14°47′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 2°37′♓︎ Pisces 28°42′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 25°03′♍︎ Virgo 8°49′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 25°29′♎︎ Libra 10°21′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 1°34′♋︎ Cancer 29°20′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 23°19′♌︎ Leo 13°16′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 22°46′♍︎ Virgo 19°59′
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: 30 Jan – 20 Feb; 28 May – 21 Jun; 26 Sept – 18 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Aug – 30 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Nov 2428 – 6 Mar; 9 Dec – 8 Apr 2430
Saturn retrograde: 8 Apr – 27 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jul – 7 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 Dec 2428 – 28 May; 24 Dec – 31 May 2430
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 2428 – 10 Apr; 1 Nov – 11 Apr 2430
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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