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 21°59′♌︎ Leo 19°11′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 23°34′♈︎ Aries 12°22′
- Pluto160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°57′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 23°51′♊︎ Gemini 7°19′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 9°07′♈︎ Aries 5°11′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 11°30′♈︎ Aries 4°42′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 3°53′♓︎ Pisces 23°58′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 0°24′♌︎ Leo 17°41′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°41′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 24°11′♌︎ Leo 21°23′
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: 29 Mar – 22 Apr; 1 Aug – 25 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus retrograde: 15 May – 27 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 23 Jul – 7 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jul – 14 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 23 Nov 1760 – 29 Apr; 26 Nov – 2 May 1762
Pluto retrograde: 31 Mar – 7 Sept
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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