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.
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°57′♒︎ Aquarius 28°27′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°07′♏︎ Scorpio 0°14′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°20′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°20′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°03′♒︎ Aquarius 17°22′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°25′♋︎ Cancer 5°57′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 24°10′♓︎ Pisces 22°02′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°35′♎︎ Libra 25°45′
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: 17 Feb – 10 Mar; 19 Jun – 13 Jul; 14 Oct – 4 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Feb – 27 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 22 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 16 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 24 Mar – 31 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 24 Jun – 6 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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