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 15°55′♋︎ Cancer 13°06′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°50′♑︎ Capricorn 26°05′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°19′♑︎ Capricorn 7°29′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°10′♉︎ Taurus 29°36′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°09′♒︎ Aquarius 15°13′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°45′♒︎ Aquarius 22°04′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 4°52′♈︎ Aries 2°48′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°37′♍︎ Virgo 25°32′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 18°09′♋︎ Cancer 15°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°45′♑︎ Capricorn 9°39′
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: 6 Jan – 27 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 2 Sept – 24 Sept; 21 Dec – 10 Jan 1582
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Apr – 24 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 29 May – 16 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 14 May – 15 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 Oct 1580 – 14 Mar; 11 Oct – 16 Mar 1582
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jun – 7 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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