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.
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°48′♓︎ Pisces 27°19′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°04′♑︎ Capricorn 0°17′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°08′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 29°51′♓︎ Pisces 27°45′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°01′♌︎ Leo 4°25′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 26°42′♈︎ Aries 19°52′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 0°15′♈︎ Aries 20°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°45′♏︎ Scorpio 20°34′
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: 16 Mar – 8 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Aug – 15 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 8 Aug – 22 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 7 Apr – 8 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 4 Apr – 12 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 30 Jun – 12 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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