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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 12°33′♉︎ Taurus 9°45′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 2°26′♊︎ Gemini 0°28′
- Uranus152 days♊︎ Gemini 0°55′♉︎ Taurus 26°56′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°27′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 29°30′♍︎ Virgo 22°38′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 1°49′♒︎ Aquarius 16°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°21′♊︎ Gemini 19°48′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 7°09′♒︎ Aquarius 27°18′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 14°49′♉︎ Taurus 12°00′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 3°23′♊︎ Gemini 1°25′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 5°03′♊︎ Gemini 1°03′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°49′♎︎ Libra 15°45′
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: 4 Feb – 26 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 2 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Nov 2862 – 1 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jun – 23 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jan – 24 May
Uranus retrograde: 5 Sept 2862 – 3 Feb; 9 Sept – 7 Feb 2864
Neptune retrograde: 14 Aug 2862 – 19 Jan; 17 Aug – 22 Jan 2864
Pluto retrograde: 31 Aug 2862 – 13 Feb; 1 Sept – 14 Feb 2864
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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