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 22°04′♉︎ Taurus 20°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°18′♑︎ Capricorn 11°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°54′♉︎ Taurus 6°16′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 20°04′♈︎ Aries 17°15′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 20°40′♈︎ Aries 16°45′
- Jupiter119 days♈︎ Aries 8°08′♓︎ Pisces 28°14′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 23°01′♉︎ Taurus 21°02′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 12°01′♉︎ Taurus 5°11′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°50′♍︎ Virgo 10°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°10′
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: 31 Dec 2851 – 20 Jan; 21 Apr – 15 May; 24 Aug – 17 Sept; 14 Dec – 3 Jan 2853
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jul – 22 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug – 6 Jan 2853
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jul – 25 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jul – 27 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 21 Aug 2851 – 2 Feb; 21 Aug – 3 Feb 2853
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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