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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 1°34′♋︎ Cancer 29°20′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 23°19′♌︎ Leo 13°16′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 22°46′♍︎ Virgo 19°59′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°27′♑︎ Capricorn 24°21′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°13′♑︎ Capricorn 4°36′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°39′♉︎ Taurus 24°35′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 6°34′♈︎ Aries 2°39′
- Mars63 days♈︎ Aries 21°55′♈︎ Aries 10°10′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 8°45′♍︎ Virgo 24°21′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 2°53′♌︎ Leo 0°39′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°58′♍︎ Virgo 22°10′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°32′♑︎ Capricorn 8°15′
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: 14 Jan – 3 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 9 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2431
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 5 Sept – 7 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Dec 2429 – 8 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 8 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jul – 11 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 24 Dec 2429 – 31 May; 27 Dec – 2 Jun 2431
Pluto retrograde: 1 Nov 2429 – 11 Apr; 3 Nov – 13 Apr 2431
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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