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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°43′♑︎ Capricorn 5°30′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 25°40′♎︎ Libra 21°33′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 28°26′♎︎ Libra 21°43′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 1°47′♓︎ Pisces 15°37′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°19′♏︎ Scorpio 27°33′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°05′♉︎ Taurus 3°22′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°25′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 12°10′♓︎ Pisces 9°59′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°14′♍︎ Virgo 5°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°32′
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: 27 Dec 1805 – 16 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 21 Aug – 13 Sept; 11 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 Feb – 4 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Apr – 26 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 25 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jan – 30 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 2 Mar – 9 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Jun – 24 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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