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 2°53′♌︎ Leo 0°39′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°58′♍︎ Virgo 22°10′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°32′♑︎ Capricorn 8°15′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 24°07′♍︎ Virgo 14°08′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 7°56′♈︎ Aries 21°37′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°44′♉︎ Taurus 4°26′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°31′♑︎ Capricorn 15°54′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 10°31′♈︎ Aries 6°36′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°27′♍︎ Virgo 8°01′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 4°13′♌︎ Leo 1°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°23′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 27°09′♍︎ Virgo 24°22′
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: 29 Dec 2430 – 18 Jan; 20 Apr – 14 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 1 Jan 2432
Venus retrograde: 29 Mar – 10 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Jan – 10 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 May – 20 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jul – 16 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 27 Dec 2430 – 2 Jun; 29 Dec – 4 Jun 2432
Pluto retrograde: 3 Nov 2430 – 13 Apr; 4 Nov – 14 Apr 2432
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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