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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 13°26′♋︎ Cancer 11°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°42′♑︎ Capricorn 29°38′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°30′♏︎ Scorpio 0°45′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°35′♑︎ Capricorn 6°35′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°24′♑︎ Capricorn 8°34′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°17′♊︎ Gemini 0°19′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°16′♒︎ Aquarius 14°29′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°08′♍︎ Virgo 29°39′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 14°32′♋︎ Cancer 12°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: 20 Jan – 9 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 14 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 4 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 15 Feb – 3 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 14 Apr – 14 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 19 May – 26 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 14 Oct 2659 – 25 Mar; 14 Oct – 26 Mar 2661
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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