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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 17°04′♉︎ Taurus 14°15′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 4°19′♊︎ Gemini 2°21′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 9°12′♊︎ Gemini 5°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°52′♑︎ Capricorn 13°34′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 25°23′♎︎ Libra 18°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°50′♉︎ Taurus 9°25′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 19°20′♉︎ Taurus 16°31′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°41′♍︎ Virgo 13°22′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 5°15′♊︎ Gemini 3°18′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 20°35′♉︎ Taurus 10°36′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 13°23′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°44′
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 Jan – 22 Jan; 24 Apr – 18 May; 27 Aug – 19 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2866
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Sept – 4 Jan 2866
Saturn retrograde: 2 Feb – 19 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 13 Sept 2864 – 11 Feb; 17 Sept – 15 Feb 2866
Neptune retrograde: 19 Aug 2864 – 23 Jan; 21 Aug – 26 Jan 2866
Pluto retrograde: 2 Sept 2864 – 14 Feb; 3 Sept – 15 Feb 2866
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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