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.
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°04′♍︎ Virgo 8°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°51′♑︎ Capricorn 10°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°09′♉︎ Taurus 9°47′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°11′♑︎ Capricorn 24°24′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°32′♒︎ Aquarius 14°37′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 11°44′♈︎ Aries 9°41′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°39′♓︎ Pisces 18°45′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 24°46′♍︎ Virgo 10°35′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 7°24′♉︎ Taurus 20°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°39′
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: 1 Jan – 22 Jan; 24 Apr – 18 May; 26 Aug – 18 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 1833
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 13 Oct – 24 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 Dec 1831 – 10 May
Uranus retrograde: 23 May – 24 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 29 Apr – 6 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 24 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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