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♋︎ Cancer 7°00′♋︎ Cancer 4°12′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 13°34′♍︎ Virgo 3°35′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 19°13′♈︎ Aries 7°53′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°28′♑︎ Capricorn 5°52′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°58′♑︎ Capricorn 29°01′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 0°33′♓︎ Pisces 28°28′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 13°10′♋︎ Cancer 26°44′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 26°01′♌︎ Leo 13°24′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 9°14′♋︎ Cancer 6°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°47′♏︎ Scorpio 28°31′
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: 15 Mar – 8 Apr; 18 Jul – 11 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Jun – 9 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Dec 1576 – 20 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 11 Apr – 31 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 27 Apr – 28 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 30 Sept 1576 – 5 Mar; 2 Oct – 8 Mar 1578
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jun – 3 Dec
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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