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♋︎ Cancer 11°16′♋︎ Cancer 9°12′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 12°14′♎︎ Libra 5°25′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°05′♓︎ Pisces 3°09′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°21′♏︎ Scorpio 6°27′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 14°38′♈︎ Aries 28°18′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°51′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°51′♒︎ Aquarius 10°04′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°06′♋︎ Cancer 10°05′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 12°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°16′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°06′♏︎ Scorpio 1°26′
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: 21 Feb – 15 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 19 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 5 Apr – 17 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Mar – 3 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jan – 7 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 15 May – 22 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Oct 2657 – 23 Mar; 12 Oct – 24 Mar 2659
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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