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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 18°47′♋︎ Cancer 16°42′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 27°53′♌︎ Leo 25°05′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°49′♒︎ Aquarius 0°42′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°35′♑︎ Capricorn 1°34′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°49′♊︎ Gemini 0°42′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°01′♒︎ Aquarius 12°10′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 1°15′♈︎ Aries 24°27′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 15°07′♎︎ Libra 0°47′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 19°54′♋︎ Cancer 17°48′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°11′♏︎ Scorpio 27°45′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°05′♌︎ Leo 27°17′
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: 21 Jan – 10 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 16 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Nov – 18 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 12 Aug – 27 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 9 Apr – 9 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 30 Nov 2909 – 5 May; 2 Dec – 8 May 2911
Pluto retrograde: 18 Oct 2909 – 31 Mar; 20 Oct – 1 Apr 2911
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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