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.
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°10′♏︎ Scorpio 7°30′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 17°57′♓︎ Pisces 4°06′
- Pluto160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°58′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°51′♒︎ Aquarius 13°04′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 22°05′♋︎ Cancer 11°54′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 0°35′♌︎ Leo 14°16′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 21°57′♈︎ Aries 18°00′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°27′♉︎ Taurus 0°26′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°07′♏︎ Scorpio 0°07′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 10 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 15 Jul – 27 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Aug – 16 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 Feb – 2 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jul – 17 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 9 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 18 Mar – 25 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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