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♊︎ Gemini 0°36′♉︎ Taurus 27°47′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 9°57′♊︎ Gemini 7°59′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 4°43′♋︎ Cancer 0°40′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°05′♑︎ Capricorn 22°52′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°01′♎︎ Libra 24°05′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°04′♑︎ Capricorn 0°27′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°40′♉︎ Taurus 21°03′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 2°51′♊︎ Gemini 0°02′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 6°51′♍︎ Virgo 22°54′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 10°53′♊︎ Gemini 8°55′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 9°04′♋︎ Cancer 5°00′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°14′♑︎ Capricorn 6°54′
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: 12 Jan – 1 Feb; 5 May – 29 May; 7 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2872
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Feb – 20 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 15 Apr – 3 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 9 Oct 2870 – 8 Mar; 14 Oct – 12 Mar 2872
Neptune retrograde: 2 Sept 2870 – 6 Feb; 4 Sept – 9 Feb 2872
Pluto retrograde: 8 Sept 2870 – 20 Feb; 9 Sept – 21 Feb 2872
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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