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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 28°27′♋︎ Cancer 26°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°17′♒︎ Aquarius 2°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°23′♊︎ Gemini 3°31′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 4°30′♓︎ Pisces 0°35′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°08′♒︎ Aquarius 17°17′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 16°05′♓︎ Pisces 13°18′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 10°01′♈︎ Aries 3°17′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°51′♎︎ Libra 2°14′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 29°41′♋︎ Cancer 27°29′
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: 22 Jan – 11 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 17 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jul – 6 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jun – 9 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jun – 24 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 2672 – 9 Apr; 30 Oct – 10 Apr 2674
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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