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 9°04′♋︎ Cancer 29°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°46′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°57′♏︎ Scorpio 23°53′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°47′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 5°15′♈︎ Aries 24°56′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°20′♑︎ Capricorn 12°43′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 20°40′♓︎ Pisces 18°31′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°34′♒︎ Aquarius 2°18′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 11°52′♌︎ Leo 28°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°53′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°08′♍︎ Virgo 0°08′
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: 19 Dec 1812 – 9 Jan; 10 Apr – 4 May; 13 Aug – 6 Sept; 3 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 1 Jul – 31 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Nov 1812 – 25 Mar; 26 Dec – 27 Apr 1814
Saturn retrograde: 28 Apr – 17 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 3 Mar – 2 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 18 Mar – 25 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jun – 2 Dec
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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