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 7°07′♋︎ Cancer 5°05′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 3°28′♌︎ Leo 0°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°13′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°23′♏︎ Scorpio 11°15′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°13′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 0°03′♈︎ Aries 17°53′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°23′♓︎ Pisces 12°31′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 6°43′♌︎ Leo 24°50′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 4°02′♍︎ Virgo 17°46′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 8°08′♋︎ Cancer 6°06′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 5°41′♌︎ Leo 2°53′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°31′
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: 16 Dec 2898 – 4 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 27 Aug – 9 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jul – 7 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 29 Mar – 17 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 17 Feb – 18 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 4 Nov 2898 – 10 Apr; 7 Nov – 12 Apr 2900
Pluto retrograde: 6 Oct 2898 – 19 Mar; 7 Oct – 20 Mar 2900
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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