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 28°03′♊︎ Gemini 25°14′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 4°59′♒︎ Aquarius 20°15′
- Saturn141 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°16′♏︎ Scorpio 20°37′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°31′♑︎ Capricorn 12°33′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 6°35′♊︎ Gemini 27°23′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 26°08′♓︎ Pisces 24°02′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°14′♉︎ Taurus 26°11′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 0°17′♊︎ Gemini 27°29′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°44′♎︎ Libra 17°59′
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: 29 Jan – 20 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 26 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Sept – 10 Jan 1574
Saturn retrograde: 24 Feb – 15 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 10 Apr – 12 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 21 Sept 1572 – 24 Feb; 23 Sept – 26 Feb 1574
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jun – 28 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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