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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°55′♑︎ Capricorn 19°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°58′♑︎ Capricorn 17°02′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°06′♏︎ Scorpio 12°17′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°18′♏︎ Scorpio 3°25′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°23′♑︎ Capricorn 5°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 27°36′♉︎ Taurus 18°51′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°02′♒︎ Aquarius 10°06′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 10°05′♈︎ Aries 3°15′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 1°30′♍︎ Virgo 16°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°59′♑︎ Capricorn 0°46′
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: 29 Dec 1495 – 19 Jan; 23 Apr – 17 May; 24 Aug – 15 Sept; 12 Dec – 1 Jan 1497
Venus retrograde: 18 Dec 1495 – 28 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Feb – 21 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jul – 26 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 9 May – 10 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 31 Mar – 7 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 7 Feb – 13 Jul
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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