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.
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 18°27′♊︎ Gemini 16°29′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 20°53′♊︎ Gemini 18°04′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°02′♌︎ Leo 10°55′
- Jupiter119 days♌︎ Leo 5°53′♋︎ Cancer 25°50′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 17°11′♈︎ Aries 3°59′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 1°09′♋︎ Cancer 14°38′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°44′♌︎ Leo 11°52′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 23°28′♈︎ Aries 16°41′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°24′♊︎ Gemini 17°26′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 23°08′♊︎ Gemini 20°19′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°00′♏︎ Scorpio 28°54′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 19°41′♌︎ Leo 15°33′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 7°55′♌︎ Leo 27°53′
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: 22 Mar – 14 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 16 Nov – 6 Dec
Venus retrograde: 22 Jun – 4 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Nov 2879 – 20 Mar; 22 Dec – 22 Apr 2881
Saturn retrograde: 3 Aug – 18 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 20 Nov 2879 – 17 Apr; 24 Nov – 21 Apr 2881
Neptune retrograde: 23 Sept 2879 – 26 Feb; 24 Sept – 28 Feb 2881
Pluto retrograde: 17 Sept 2879 – 29 Feb; 17 Sept – 1 Mar 2881
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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