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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 15°24′♉︎ Taurus 12°35′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 4°50′♍︎ Virgo 24°53′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 22°16′♎︎ Libra 18°10′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°49′♒︎ Aquarius 7°30′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 21°47′♊︎ Gemini 13°07′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 3°20′♓︎ Pisces 1°06′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 28°45′♓︎ Pisces 21°57′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 17°39′♉︎ Taurus 14°50′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 21°44′♎︎ Libra 6°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: 17 Jan – 8 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 14 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jan – 12 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jul – 15 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jan – 16 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Aug 1553 – 13 Jan; 11 Aug – 15 Jan 1555
Pluto retrograde: 24 May – 5 Nov
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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