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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 14°21′♌︎ Leo 12°02′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 9°50′♍︎ Virgo 2°54′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 7°01′♒︎ Aquarius 21°33′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 15°59′♊︎ Gemini 29°28′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°24′♊︎ Gemini 26°49′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 2°17′♒︎ Aquarius 22°26′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 12°55′♈︎ Aries 10°07′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 22°09′♈︎ Aries 18°13′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°06′♎︎ Libra 20°45′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 15°47′♌︎ Leo 13°28′
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: 10 Feb – 3 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 7 Oct – 29 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Jun – 20 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 20 Dec 2684 – 4 May
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jul – 27 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jul – 21 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 14 Nov 2684 – 24 Apr; 16 Nov – 25 Apr 2686
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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