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 15°14′♊︎ Gemini 12°25′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 9°49′♌︎ Leo 29°49′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°22′♑︎ Capricorn 23°48′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 15°27′♎︎ Libra 12°38′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°54′♒︎ Aquarius 18°58′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°46′♊︎ Gemini 25°46′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 3°57′♓︎ Pisces 27°08′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 17°29′♊︎ Gemini 14°40′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°46′♎︎ Libra 17°05′
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: 7 Feb – 1 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Jan – 11 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Dec 1730 – 26 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jul – 30 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 11 Mar – 10 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 18 Sept 1730 – 21 Feb; 20 Sept – 24 Feb 1732
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jan – 23 Jun
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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