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 5°05′♋︎ Cancer 3°03′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 29°01′♋︎ Cancer 26°12′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°14′♑︎ Capricorn 28°05′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°54′♏︎ Scorpio 1°46′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°14′♏︎ Scorpio 20°32′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°01′♑︎ Capricorn 4°10′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 6°45′♉︎ Taurus 27°28′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 12°22′♍︎ Virgo 28°09′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 6°05′♋︎ Cancer 4°04′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°14′♋︎ Cancer 28°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: 17 Jan – 6 Feb; 11 May – 4 Jun; 12 Sept – 4 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 5 Mar – 23 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 8 Feb – 8 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 31 Oct 2896 – 5 Apr; 2 Nov – 8 Apr 2898
Pluto retrograde: 3 Oct 2896 – 16 Mar; 4 Oct – 17 Mar 2898
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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