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 20°17′♌︎ Leo 17°57′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 22°43′♎︎ Libra 19°56′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 8°05′♒︎ Aquarius 22°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°51′♊︎ Gemini 27°18′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 6°43′♓︎ Pisces 0°04′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 17°57′♈︎ Aries 14°02′
- Jupiter119 days♈︎ Aries 8°05′♓︎ Pisces 28°12′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°12′♎︎ Libra 21°56′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 21°45′♌︎ Leo 19°25′
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: 11 Feb – 5 Mar; 10 Jun – 4 Jul; 9 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jul – 23 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jun – 3 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 23 Jul – 23 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jan – 1 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 20 Nov 2934 – 30 Apr; 22 Nov – 1 May 2936
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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