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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 11°51′♌︎ Leo 9°36′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 25°32′♍︎ Virgo 15°32′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 9°37′♎︎ Libra 6°50′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°42′♒︎ Aquarius 12°50′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°00′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°17′♊︎ Gemini 15°39′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 24°13′♓︎ Pisces 20°18′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 27°36′♎︎ Libra 12°42′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 13°13′♌︎ Leo 10°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: 1 Feb – 22 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 28 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jan – 11 May
Saturn retrograde: 5 Apr – 24 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 28 Jun – 29 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 10 Jan – 17 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 11 Nov 2928 – 22 Apr; 13 Nov – 23 Apr 2930
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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