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♊︎ Gemini 5°04′♉︎ Taurus 28°07′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°38′♒︎ Aquarius 13°37′
- Pluto158 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°46′♏︎ Scorpio 24°59′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°22′♑︎ Capricorn 16°36′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°06′♊︎ Gemini 20°10′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 4°03′♓︎ Pisces 0°08′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°12′♈︎ Aries 25°12′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 27°29′♎︎ Libra 11°51′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 19°19′♊︎ Gemini 12°22′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 12°34′♉︎ Taurus 25°17′
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: 23 Jan – 14 Feb; 24 May – 18 Jun; 20 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 8 Oct – 21 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Aug – 11 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 7 Sept 1500 – 19 Jan; 22 Sept – 2 Feb 1502
Uranus retrograde: 30 May – 31 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 12 Apr – 19 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 19 Feb – 27 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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