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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 26°46′♋︎ Cancer 24°38′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 23°05′♋︎ Cancer 16°08′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 13°19′♍︎ Virgo 10°31′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 21°09′♍︎ Virgo 11°09′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°08′♑︎ Capricorn 23°55′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 12°18′♈︎ Aries 26°02′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 1°46′♉︎ Taurus 22°10′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°33′♒︎ Aquarius 1°35′
- Mars66 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°19′♑︎ Capricorn 19°57′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 7°56′♍︎ Virgo 23°58′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 27°57′♋︎ Cancer 25°48′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 7°07′♌︎ Leo 0°11′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 15°31′♍︎ Virgo 12°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°16′♑︎ Capricorn 7°57′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 7 May – 31 May; 8 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 2918
Venus retrograde: 2 Apr – 15 May
Mars retrograde: 16 Jun – 21 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jan – 7 May
Saturn retrograde: 4 Nov 2916 – 17 Mar; 18 Nov – 1 Apr 2918
Uranus retrograde: 9 May – 10 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 15 Dec 2916 – 21 May; 17 Dec – 23 May 2918
Pluto retrograde: 27 Oct 2916 – 7 Apr; 28 Oct – 8 Apr 2918
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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