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.
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 7°51′♋︎ Cancer 27°49′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 6°21′♎︎ Libra 3°34′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 13°18′♎︎ Libra 6°33′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°53′♒︎ Aquarius 18°06′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°48′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°19′♊︎ Gemini 25°09′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 9°23′♌︎ Leo 23°10′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°38′♎︎ Libra 15°54′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 8°44′♌︎ Leo 28°44′
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: 28 Jan – 19 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 25 Sept – 16 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Jul – 6 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Nov 1480 – 15 Mar; 15 Dec – 16 Apr 1482
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jan – 31 May
Uranus retrograde: 6 Mar – 7 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 26 Feb – 5 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 30 Dec 1480 – 4 Jun
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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