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 21°35′♉︎ Taurus 18°46′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 6°12′♊︎ Gemini 4°14′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 17°35′♊︎ Gemini 13°35′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°51′♊︎ Gemini 16°48′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°08′♏︎ Scorpio 13°24′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 14°27′♈︎ Aries 1°02′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 19°40′♌︎ Leo 9°01′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 23°51′♉︎ Taurus 21°02′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 7°08′♊︎ Gemini 5°11′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 12°56′♍︎ Virgo 26°46′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 21°50′♊︎ Gemini 17°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°27′♏︎ Scorpio 26°22′
- Jupiter119 days♌︎ Leo 1°14′♋︎ Cancer 21°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: 20 Mar – 12 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Sept – 18 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Oct 2866 – 9 Feb; 17 Nov – 16 Mar 2868
Saturn retrograde: 27 Feb – 16 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 22 Sept 2866 – 20 Feb; 26 Sept – 24 Feb 2868
Neptune retrograde: 24 Aug 2866 – 28 Jan; 26 Aug – 31 Jan 2868
Pluto retrograde: 4 Sept 2866 – 16 Feb; 5 Sept – 17 Feb 2868
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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