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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 9°54′♉︎ Taurus 7°05′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 10°54′♊︎ Gemini 6°54′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 4°56′♍︎ Virgo 2°27′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 9°38′♒︎ Aquarius 24°16′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 3°19′♈︎ Aries 17°04′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°04′♒︎ Aquarius 10°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°36′♊︎ Gemini 29°57′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 13°54′♈︎ Aries 3°59′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 12°09′♉︎ Taurus 9°21′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 15°07′♊︎ Gemini 11°06′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°45′♎︎ Libra 23°19′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 6°42′♍︎ Virgo 4°12′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 10 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 24 Mar – 5 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Aug – 28 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 May – 14 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 15 Sept 2697 – 13 Feb; 20 Sept – 17 Feb 2699
Neptune retrograde: 12 Aug 2697 – 16 Jan; 14 Aug – 19 Jan 2699
Pluto retrograde: 6 Dec 2697 – 14 May; 8 Dec – 16 May 2699
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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