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.
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 7°32′♉︎ Taurus 5°32′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°36′♒︎ Aquarius 10°43′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°02′♏︎ Scorpio 6°17′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°37′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 4°41′♉︎ Taurus 18°17′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°49′♒︎ Aquarius 16°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°01′♊︎ Gemini 13°23′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 16°30′♓︎ Pisces 13°42′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 8°31′♉︎ Taurus 6°31′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 25°28′♎︎ Libra 10°35′
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: 30 Jan – 20 Feb; 27 May – 20 Jun; 26 Sept – 18 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Apr – 6 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Apr – 7 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 20 Feb – 8 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 24 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jun – 24 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 6 Aug 2836 – 18 Jan; 7 Aug – 19 Jan 2838
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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