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 11°28′♉︎ Taurus 9°28′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°59′♓︎ Pisces 25°11′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°48′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 7°01′♓︎ Pisces 3°06′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 25°26′♓︎ Pisces 22°38′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°28′♌︎ Leo 3°13′
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 12°27′♉︎ Taurus 10°27′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 9°52′♈︎ Aries 29°55′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°18′♏︎ Scorpio 21°17′
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: 14 Mar – 6 Apr; 16 Jul – 9 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Aug – 24 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 8 Apr – 27 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jun – 11 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 27 Jun – 3 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 10 Aug 2840 – 22 Jan; 11 Aug – 23 Jan 2842
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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