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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 28°10′♉︎ Taurus 24°10′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 20°33′♍︎ Virgo 17°45′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 26°09′♍︎ Virgo 19°19′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 11°00′♓︎ Pisces 24°45′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 26°27′♈︎ Aries 15°29′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°56′♑︎ Capricorn 22°27′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 3°18′♌︎ Leo 20°24′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 16°08′♉︎ Taurus 6°07′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 2°24′♉︎ Taurus 28°23′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°14′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 22°44′♍︎ Virgo 19°56′
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: 1 Apr – 25 Apr; 4 Aug – 28 Aug; 25 Nov – 15 Dec
Venus retrograde: 2 Mar – 13 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 5 Jan – 21 May
Uranus retrograde: 2 Sept 1773 – 31 Jan; 7 Sept – 5 Feb 1775
Neptune retrograde: 22 Dec 1773 – 29 May; 24 Dec – 31 May 1775
Pluto retrograde: 25 Apr – 5 Oct
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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