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♋︎ Cancer 23°13′♋︎ Cancer 20°24′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°43′♏︎ Scorpio 2°01′
- Pluto158 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°20′♏︎ Scorpio 26°34′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 20°42′♈︎ Aries 9°16′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°23′♒︎ Aquarius 13°28′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°14′♒︎ Aquarius 12°23′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 5°02′♌︎ Leo 18°44′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°31′♌︎ Leo 14°59′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 25°26′♋︎ Cancer 22°37′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°08′
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: 26 Mar – 19 Apr; 29 Jul – 22 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Jul – 10 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 16 Feb – 5 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 21 May – 23 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 26 Oct 1747 – 31 Mar; 28 Oct – 2 Apr 1749
Pluto retrograde: 1 Mar – 6 Aug
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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