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 27°51′♊︎ Gemini 25°51′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 12°11′♎︎ Libra 2°14′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°17′♎︎ Libra 28°10′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 15°26′♓︎ Pisces 0°23′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°20′♑︎ Capricorn 11°34′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 26°42′♋︎ Cancer 10°10′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°55′♋︎ Cancer 7°01′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 27°58′♈︎ Aries 21°08′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 28°51′♊︎ Gemini 26°50′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°29′♎︎ Libra 28°53′
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 Feb – 12 Mar; 20 Jun – 14 Jul; 16 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 18 Jun – 31 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Jan – 29 May
Saturn retrograde: 9 Aug – 24 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 5 Feb – 5 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 15 Apr – 23 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 2644 – 10 Mar; 28 Sept – 11 Mar 2646
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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