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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°04′♊︎ Gemini 6°00′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°57′♑︎ Capricorn 29°21′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 13°27′♓︎ Pisces 27°07′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°27′
- Pluto160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°12′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°13′♊︎ Gemini 3°40′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°17′♒︎ Aquarius 17°30′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 0°06′♈︎ Aries 26°08′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°49′♍︎ Virgo 28°35′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 19°44′♋︎ Cancer 9°40′
- Mercury21 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°50′♑︎ Capricorn 12°48′
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 Jan – 31 Jan; 8 May – 1 Jun; 6 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 1516
Venus retrograde: 23 Feb – 7 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept 1514 – 21 Jan; 28 Oct – 25 Feb 1516
Saturn retrograde: 7 Mar – 26 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jul – 26 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 14 May – 20 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 23 Mar – 30 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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