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.
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 14°16′♌︎ Leo 10°07′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 1°31′♍︎ Virgo 21°34′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°14′♒︎ Aquarius 5°42′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 27°39′♎︎ Libra 24°52′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°06′♒︎ Aquarius 19°47′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°02′♊︎ Gemini 10°28′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 18°53′♈︎ Aries 12°03′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 20°11′♎︎ Libra 4°53′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°00′♎︎ Libra 18°22′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 18°59′♌︎ Leo 14°50′
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: 25 Jan – 15 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 22 Sept – 13 Oct
Venus retrograde: 28 Sept – 9 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jan – 18 May
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jul – 15 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 19 Nov 1790 – 17 Apr; 24 Nov – 21 Apr 1792
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jan – 6 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 23 May – 2 Nov
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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