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 17°52′♋︎ Cancer 15°45′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 27°42′♓︎ Pisces 13°19′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°21′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°39′♑︎ Capricorn 23°41′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°08′♒︎ Aquarius 23°20′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 0°40′♋︎ Cancer 21°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 29°33′♍︎ Virgo 13°17′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°34′♊︎ Gemini 1°33′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 19°00′♋︎ Cancer 16°53′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°25′♏︎ Scorpio 10°33′
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: 3 Mar – 25 Mar; 3 Jul – 28 Jul; 29 Oct – 18 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Aug – 5 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2665
Saturn retrograde: 3 Apr – 21 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 1 May – 2 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 28 May – 4 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 18 Oct 2663 – 29 Mar; 19 Oct – 30 Mar 2665
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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