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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°12′♈︎ Aries 24°10′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 24°42′♌︎ Leo 21°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°10′♒︎ Aquarius 0°09′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°38′♑︎ Capricorn 26°40′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°07′♊︎ Gemini 1°14′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°07′♒︎ Aquarius 18°28′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 13°50′♋︎ Cancer 27°19′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 27°13′♈︎ Aries 25°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°42′♎︎ Libra 0°07′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°33′♊︎ Gemini 1°32′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 26°54′♌︎ Leo 24°06′
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: 19 Jan – 9 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 15 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 6 Jul – 18 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2582
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 22 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 4 May – 5 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 26 Nov 2580 – 2 May; 28 Nov – 4 May 2582
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jul 2580 – 6 Jan; 27 Jul – 8 Jan 2582
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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