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 11°28′♋︎ Cancer 8°39′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 25°02′♓︎ Pisces 8°52′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 14°40′♓︎ Pisces 0°31′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°34′♏︎ Scorpio 3°42′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°16′♑︎ Capricorn 28°38′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°05′♒︎ Aquarius 7°09′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°05′♋︎ Cancer 8°14′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 2°43′♈︎ Aries 0°39′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°03′♎︎ Libra 27°08′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 13°42′♋︎ Cancer 10°53′
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: 8 Feb – 3 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 6 Oct – 27 Oct
Venus retrograde: 5 Feb – 18 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Feb – 21 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 5 May – 23 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 May – 7 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 5 Oct 1578 – 10 Mar; 7 Oct – 12 Mar 1580
Pluto retrograde: 23 Jun – 5 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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