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 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′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 21°17′♎︎ Libra 11°19′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°15′♉︎ Taurus 2°13′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°43′♒︎ Aquarius 5°45′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 20°16′♍︎ Virgo 7°26′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 29°09′♋︎ Cancer 27°00′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°47′♏︎ Scorpio 25°19′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 21°05′♌︎ Leo 14°09′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°11′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 17°43′♍︎ Virgo 14°56′
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: 28 Dec 2917 – 17 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 21 Aug – 14 Sept; 12 Dec – 1 Jan 2919
Venus retrograde: 4 Nov – 16 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Feb – 7 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 18 Nov 2917 – 1 Apr; 2 Dec – 15 Apr 2919
Uranus retrograde: 14 May – 15 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 17 Dec 2917 – 23 May; 20 Dec – 26 May 2919
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 2917 – 8 Apr; 30 Oct – 10 Apr 2919
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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