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 14°35′♌︎ Leo 12°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°50′♑︎ Capricorn 10°31′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 13°59′♎︎ Libra 11°12′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°21′♏︎ Scorpio 15°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°09′♉︎ Taurus 5°21′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°35′♑︎ Capricorn 13°58′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 2°08′♓︎ Pisces 28°12′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 25°13′♍︎ Virgo 8°53′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 23°09′♍︎ Virgo 10°07′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 15°59′♌︎ Leo 13°42′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°43′
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: 31 Dec 2930 – 20 Jan; 21 Apr – 15 May; 24 Aug – 17 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 2932
Venus retrograde: 19 Aug – 1 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Mar – 12 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 29 Apr – 17 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jul – 7 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jan – 22 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 15 Nov 2930 – 25 Apr; 16 Nov – 25 Apr 2932
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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