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.
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 23°35′♊︎ Gemini 20°46′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°58′♎︎ Libra 27°16′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 27°21′♓︎ Pisces 11°11′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°57′♓︎ Pisces 26°43′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°08′♑︎ Capricorn 4°10′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 23°53′♓︎ Pisces 21°46′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 23°09′♓︎ Pisces 13°15′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°21′♌︎ Leo 3°30′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 25°49′♊︎ Gemini 23°00′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°36′♏︎ Scorpio 19°23′
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: 5 Mar – 29 Mar; 8 Jul – 1 Aug; 30 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 7 Feb – 21 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jul – 30 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 1 Feb – 21 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 17 Sept 1570 – 20 Feb; 19 Sept – 22 Feb 1572
Pluto retrograde: 14 Jun – 26 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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