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.
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°45′♌︎ Leo 11°57′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 10°58′♌︎ Leo 4°02′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°26′♑︎ Capricorn 28°46′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°19′♊︎ Gemini 2°46′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°21′♒︎ Aquarius 17°30′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 10°57′♈︎ Aries 7°01′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 18°17′♈︎ Aries 16°16′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°17′♍︎ Virgo 28°06′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 16°57′♌︎ Leo 14°09′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 24°41′♌︎ Leo 17°46′
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: 18 Jan – 9 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 15 Sept – 6 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 22 Nov 1593 – 5 Apr; 5 Dec – 19 Apr 1595
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jul – 16 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 17 Nov 1593 – 22 Apr; 19 Nov – 25 Apr 1595
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jul – 31 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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