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.
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 25°34′♍︎ Virgo 18°45′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°35′♑︎ Capricorn 19°42′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°06′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°02′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°44′♉︎ Taurus 22°04′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°00′♒︎ Aquarius 4°13′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 5°52′♈︎ Aries 1°56′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 4°12′♍︎ Virgo 19°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°33′♑︎ Capricorn 3°23′
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: 31 Dec 1508 – 21 Jan; 27 Apr – 20 May; 27 Aug – 18 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 1510
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Mar – 27 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 26 Dec 1508 – 12 May
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jul – 1 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 30 Apr – 7 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 10 Mar – 16 Aug
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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