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 22°27′♋︎ Cancer 20°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°07′♑︎ Capricorn 6°48′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 20°51′♍︎ Virgo 10°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°30′♉︎ Taurus 1°44′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°14′♒︎ Aquarius 10°17′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°38′♒︎ Aquarius 4°00′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 4°59′♓︎ Pisces 2°11′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 19°27′♍︎ Virgo 6°24′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 23°38′♋︎ Cancer 21°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°00′
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: 28 Dec 2667 – 17 Jan; 17 Apr – 11 May; 20 Aug – 13 Sept; 11 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jan – 6 May
Saturn retrograde: 19 May – 7 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 18 May – 19 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jun – 13 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 23 Oct 2667 – 3 Apr; 23 Oct – 4 Apr 2669
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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