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 14°19′♋︎ Cancer 11°30′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 18°53′♍︎ Virgo 12°03′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 14°14′♎︎ Libra 4°18′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 6°33′♒︎ Aquarius 21°45′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°09′♏︎ Scorpio 16°21′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°10′♑︎ Capricorn 27°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°57′♊︎ Gemini 28°48′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°21′♎︎ Libra 19°37′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 16°32′♋︎ Cancer 13°44′
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: 10 Feb – 3 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jan – 31 May
Saturn retrograde: 29 Dec 1743 – 13 May
Uranus retrograde: 5 May – 6 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 17 Oct 1743 – 22 Mar; 19 Oct – 24 Mar 1745
Pluto retrograde: 20 Feb – 26 Jul
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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