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 20°09′♉︎ Taurus 18°11′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°13′♒︎ Aquarius 13°24′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 18°44′♓︎ Pisces 2°55′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°58′♑︎ Capricorn 18°07′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°11′♊︎ Gemini 16°36′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 12°45′♈︎ Aries 8°50′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 15°34′♈︎ Aries 12°46′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 16°16′♈︎ Aries 9°30′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 21°07′♉︎ Taurus 19°08′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 28°09′♎︎ Libra 13°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: 2 Feb – 23 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 29 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 8 Feb – 21 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 27 Jul – 12 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jul – 17 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jul – 23 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 19 Aug 2849 – 31 Jan; 20 Aug – 1 Feb 2851
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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