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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°27′♋︎ Cancer 24°23′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 24°01′♌︎ Leo 17°07′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 1°54′♍︎ Virgo 27°46′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°24′♏︎ Scorpio 16°38′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 14°20′♈︎ Aries 2°16′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 13°04′♉︎ Taurus 26°34′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 5°48′♓︎ Pisces 3°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°53′♌︎ Leo 8°54′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°49′♏︎ Scorpio 24°36′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 7°31′♍︎ Virgo 0°38′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°43′♌︎ Leo 25°42′
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: 20 Mar – 13 Apr; 24 Jul – 16 Aug; 14 Nov – 4 Dec
Venus retrograde: 5 May – 17 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Nov 1800 – 21 Mar; 22 Dec – 22 Apr 1802
Saturn retrograde: 5 Dec 1800 – 18 Apr; 18 Dec – 3 May 1802
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jan – 5 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 19 Feb – 29 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 6 Jun – 17 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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