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.
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 28°38′♉︎ Taurus 21°41′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 29°45′♊︎ Gemini 25°40′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 26°11′♍︎ Virgo 16°13′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°28′♈︎ Aries 26°34′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°00′♑︎ Capricorn 25°33′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 23°43′♓︎ Pisces 20°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 12°44′♌︎ Leo 28°58′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 12°48′♊︎ Gemini 5°50′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 4°13′♋︎ Cancer 0°08′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°16′
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: 2 Apr – 26 Apr; 5 Aug – 28 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Jan – 3 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Sept 1529 – 13 Jan; 15 Sept – 27 Jan 1531
Uranus retrograde: 26 Sept 1529 – 22 Feb; 30 Sept – 27 Feb 1531
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jun – 23 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 19 Apr – 29 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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