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♉︎ Taurus 9°30′♉︎ Taurus 7°30′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°52′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°44′♑︎ Capricorn 8°25′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°26′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°58′♉︎ Taurus 3°06′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°57′♒︎ Aquarius 25°01′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°05′♒︎ Aquarius 17°15′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 20°57′♓︎ Pisces 18°10′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°29′♉︎ Taurus 8°29′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 20°58′♍︎ Virgo 7°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°37′
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: 29 Dec 2838 – 18 Jan; 19 Apr – 12 May; 22 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 1 Jan 2840
Venus retrograde: 28 Nov 2838 – 8 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 16 Mar – 3 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jun – 29 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 8 Aug 2838 – 20 Jan; 9 Aug – 22 Jan 2840
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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