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 29°09′♋︎ Cancer 27°00′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 21°05′♌︎ Leo 14°09′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°11′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 17°43′♍︎ Virgo 14°56′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°03′♏︎ Scorpio 11°09′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 25°31′♈︎ Aries 12°57′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°52′♒︎ Aquarius 9°54′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°51′♌︎ Leo 20°21′
- Mars61 days♈︎ Aries 19°25′♈︎ Aries 8°29′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 0°22′♋︎ Cancer 28°11′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°30′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 4°54′♌︎ Leo 27°59′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 19°55′♍︎ Virgo 17°08′
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: 12 Dec 2918 – 1 Jan; 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 28 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 5 Sept – 5 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Mar – 8 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 2 Dec 2918 – 15 Apr; 16 Dec – 28 Apr 2920
Uranus retrograde: 18 May – 19 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 20 Dec 2918 – 26 May; 22 Dec – 27 May 2920
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 2918 – 10 Apr; 31 Oct – 10 Apr 2920
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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