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.
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 20°27′♎︎ Libra 13°42′
- Pluto160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°36′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 22°50′♈︎ Aries 11°53′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°25′♒︎ Aquarius 8°38′
- Jupiter119 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°01′♒︎ Aquarius 17°09′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 13°53′♈︎ Aries 9°56′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°37′♌︎ Leo 16°41′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°32′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°58′♑︎ Capricorn 14°28′
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: 20 Mar – 12 Apr; 23 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 13 Dec – 23 Jan 1512
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jun – 4 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jan – 7 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jul – 10 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 5 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 15 Mar – 21 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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