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 13°23′♋︎ Cancer 11°19′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 16°49′♌︎ Leo 14°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°43′♑︎ Capricorn 5°24′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 16°48′♍︎ Virgo 6°47′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°07′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 10°22′♈︎ Aries 29°06′
- Saturn141 days♓︎ Pisces 0°00′♒︎ Aquarius 23°20′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 17°23′♍︎ Virgo 4°43′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 14°27′♋︎ Cancer 12°23′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 19°02′♌︎ Leo 16°14′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°38′
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: 26 Dec 2904 – 14 Jan; 15 Apr – 9 May; 18 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 29 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Jan – 2 May
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jun – 27 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 18 Mar – 17 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 18 Nov 2904 – 24 Apr; 21 Nov – 26 Apr 2906
Pluto retrograde: 13 Oct 2904 – 25 Mar; 14 Oct – 26 Mar 2906
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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