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 15°38′♋︎ Cancer 13°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°36′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°40′♏︎ Scorpio 24°59′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 2°03′♈︎ Aries 20°24′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°11′♑︎ Capricorn 15°12′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°42′♒︎ Aquarius 18°55′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°53′♓︎ Pisces 18°00′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 8°57′♌︎ Leo 26°37′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 16°44′♋︎ Cancer 14°38′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°52′
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: 18 Dec 2661 – 7 Jan; 7 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 3 Sept; 2 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 11 Mar – 29 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 23 Apr – 24 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 24 May – 31 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 15 Oct 2661 – 27 Mar; 17 Oct – 29 Mar 2663
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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