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 17°24′♌︎ Leo 15°06′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 18°21′♎︎ Libra 15°34′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 11°07′♓︎ Pisces 27°23′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 7°46′♈︎ Aries 21°31′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°54′♑︎ Capricorn 18°04′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°29′♒︎ Aquarius 6°51′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 10°02′♈︎ Aries 6°07′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°43′♌︎ Leo 5°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°24′♏︎ Scorpio 23°23′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 18°50′♌︎ Leo 16°31′
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: 16 Mar – 8 Apr; 18 Jul – 11 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Mar – 10 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 22 May – 10 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jul – 15 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 19 Jan – 26 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 17 Nov 2932 – 27 Apr; 19 Nov – 28 Apr 2934
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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