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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 17°07′♊︎ Gemini 15°09′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°40′♍︎ Virgo 5°31′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°31′♑︎ Capricorn 24°23′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°42′♎︎ Libra 27°47′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°34′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°31′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 21°21′♉︎ Taurus 5°00′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°06′♉︎ Taurus 23°51′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 8°39′♍︎ Virgo 24°25′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 18°05′♊︎ Gemini 16°06′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 14°26′♍︎ Virgo 10°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°38′♑︎ Capricorn 8°20′
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 – 4 Feb; 9 May – 1 Jun; 9 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2635
Venus retrograde: 12 Apr – 24 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Feb – 24 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 27 Mar – 15 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 15 Dec 2633 – 13 May; 20 Dec – 18 May 2635
Neptune retrograde: 22 Mar – 29 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 16 Sept 2633 – 28 Feb; 17 Sept – 1 Mar 2635
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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