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.
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 1°04′♊︎ Gemini 29°04′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 20°04′♋︎ Cancer 17°16′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 12°22′♍︎ Virgo 2°20′
- Saturn136 days♎︎ Libra 7°09′♎︎ Libra 0°18′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 16°45′♎︎ Libra 12°37′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 19°57′♈︎ Aries 6°57′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 19°04′♉︎ Taurus 2°45′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 25°47′♌︎ Leo 14°42′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 2°04′♋︎ Cancer 0°03′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 22°19′♋︎ Cancer 19°30′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°26′
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: 25 Mar – 17 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Apr – 21 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Dec 2892 – 27 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 15 Jan – 31 May
Uranus retrograde: 20 Jan – 18 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 22 Oct 2892 – 27 Mar; 24 Oct – 30 Mar 2894
Pluto retrograde: 29 Sept 2892 – 12 Mar; 30 Sept – 13 Mar 2894
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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