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 27°39′♋︎ Cancer 24°50′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°12′♓︎ Pisces 1°59′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°32′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 17°52′♈︎ Aries 1°33′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°05′♏︎ Scorpio 25°26′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°25′♒︎ Aquarius 21°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°28′♋︎ Cancer 9°42′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 5°30′♈︎ Aries 25°31′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°40′♎︎ Libra 28°46′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 29°52′♋︎ Cancer 27°04′
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: 19 Feb – 14 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 17 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Mar – 20 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 20 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 Mar – 30 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 30 May – 31 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 30 Oct 1749 – 5 Apr; 2 Nov – 7 Apr 1751
Pluto retrograde: 7 Mar – 12 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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