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♉︎ Taurus 0°16′♈︎ Aries 28°15′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°32′♍︎ Virgo 0°44′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 20°25′♍︎ Virgo 10°25′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 28°16′♓︎ Pisces 14°00′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°07′♒︎ Aquarius 13°11′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°33′♋︎ Cancer 21°49′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 13°23′♈︎ Aries 6°36′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 1°17′♈︎ Aries 29°16′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°54′♏︎ Scorpio 11°00′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°44′♍︎ Virgo 2°56′
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: 3 Mar – 25 Mar; 4 Jul – 28 Jul; 29 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jan – 6 May
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 21 May – 22 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 5 Dec 2584 – 10 May; 7 Dec – 13 May 2586
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 2584 – 11 Jan; 31 Jul – 12 Jan 2586
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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