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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 20°02′♈︎ Aries 17°58′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 11°52′♋︎ Cancer 1°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°41′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°22′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 0°42′♈︎ Aries 18°42′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°55′♒︎ Aquarius 6°08′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 8°41′♈︎ Aries 1°56′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°07′♈︎ Aries 19°03′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°28′♌︎ Leo 25°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°58′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°14′♌︎ Leo 5°11′
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: 17 Dec 2819 – 6 Jan; 5 Apr – 28 Apr; 8 Aug – 1 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Oct 2819 – 25 Feb; 1 Dec – 31 Mar 2821
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jul – 4 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 11 Mar – 10 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 10 May – 17 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul 2819 – 1 Jan; 20 Jul – 1 Jan 2821
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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