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 24°23′♉︎ Taurus 21°34′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°53′♏︎ Scorpio 6°48′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 6°09′♓︎ Pisces 23°42′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 10°48′♉︎ Taurus 24°16′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°03′♒︎ Aquarius 2°12′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 8°26′♓︎ Pisces 6°14′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 12°21′♌︎ Leo 0°43′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 26°38′♉︎ Taurus 23°49′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 22°31′♉︎ Taurus 15°35′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°02′♏︎ Scorpio 16°51′
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 Mar – 25 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Apr – 5 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 May – 18 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 25 Aug – 7 Jan 1559
Uranus retrograde: 4 Feb – 6 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 18 Aug 1557 – 22 Jan; 20 Aug – 24 Jan 1559
Pluto retrograde: 29 May – 10 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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