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.
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 21°28′♌︎ Leo 11°26′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°56′♑︎ Capricorn 1°20′
- Saturn142 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°29′♈︎ Aries 23°23′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°43′♒︎ Aquarius 21°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 9°56′♌︎ Leo 26°19′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 8°18′♉︎ Taurus 4°19′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°42′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 21°52′♍︎ Virgo 11°54′
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: 30 Mar – 23 Apr; 2 Aug – 25 Aug; 22 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Nov 1516 – 28 Mar; 28 Dec – 29 Apr 1518
Saturn retrograde: 29 Mar – 18 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Aug – 3 Jan 1518
Neptune retrograde: 18 May – 24 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 26 Mar – 3 Sept
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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