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.
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 1°46′♌︎ Leo 24°51′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°54′♑︎ Capricorn 27°04′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°59′♑︎ Capricorn 22°12′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°37′♊︎ Gemini 0°01′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°30′♒︎ Aquarius 10°34′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°20′♒︎ Aquarius 12°29′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 10°41′♈︎ Aries 8°37′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 11°39′♍︎ Virgo 26°41′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 22°18′♎︎ Libra 6°30′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°04′♍︎ Virgo 8°12′
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 Jan – 7 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Sept – 29 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Jun – 9 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 12 Dec 1830 – 27 Apr; 26 Dec – 10 May 1832
Uranus retrograde: 19 May – 21 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 27 Apr – 4 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 23 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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