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.
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°08′♍︎ Virgo 0°08′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 29°26′♓︎ Pisces 13°18′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°27′♏︎ Scorpio 28°24′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°58′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 17°09′♈︎ Aries 5°19′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°46′♑︎ Capricorn 24°08′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 21°51′♓︎ Pisces 19°42′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°50′♌︎ Leo 11°39′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°23′♏︎ Scorpio 27°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: 23 Mar – 16 Apr; 27 Jul – 19 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus retrograde: 19 Feb – 2 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Dec 1813 – 27 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 11 May – 29 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 7 Mar – 7 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 20 Mar – 27 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jun – 4 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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