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.
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 20°56′♉︎ Taurus 14°00′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 15°14′♓︎ Pisces 1°13′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°17′♏︎ Scorpio 22°29′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°10′♑︎ Capricorn 14°24′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 0°04′♒︎ Aquarius 26°09′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°58′♋︎ Cancer 8°58′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°25′♓︎ Pisces 18°30′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 5°04′♉︎ Taurus 28°07′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°15′♏︎ Scorpio 0°48′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°32′♎︎ Libra 27°35′
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: 10 Feb – 3 Mar; 12 Jun – 7 Jul; 7 Oct – 27 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Oct – 12 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Jul – 4 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 25 Aug 1499 – 6 Jan; 7 Sept – 19 Jan 1501
Uranus retrograde: 25 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 17 Feb – 24 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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