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 26°06′♉︎ Taurus 23°17′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 8°05′♊︎ Gemini 6°07′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 26°06′♊︎ Gemini 22°04′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 3°30′♌︎ Leo 23°28′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 11°14′♒︎ Aquarius 25°49′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°15′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 25°48′♉︎ Taurus 9°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°57′♋︎ Cancer 1°20′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 28°21′♉︎ Taurus 25°32′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 9°01′♊︎ Gemini 7°03′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 0°23′♊︎ Gemini 26°21′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°22′♎︎ Libra 24°58′
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: 14 Feb – 7 Mar; 13 Jun – 7 Jul; 11 Oct – 1 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 Apr – 28 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Dec 2868 – 18 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 22 Mar – 9 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 30 Sept 2868 – 27 Feb; 5 Oct – 4 Mar 2870
Neptune retrograde: 28 Aug 2868 – 1 Feb; 30 Aug – 4 Feb 2870
Pluto retrograde: 6 Sept 2868 – 18 Feb; 7 Sept – 19 Feb 2870
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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