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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°39′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 28°04′♍︎ Virgo 21°14′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°28′♈︎ Aries 19°45′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 4°25′♉︎ Taurus 17°55′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°23′♑︎ Capricorn 26°36′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°33′♒︎ Aquarius 18°38′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 12°46′♈︎ Aries 10°44′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 7°16′♌︎ Leo 24°09′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°36′♈︎ Aries 25°37′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°49′
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: 15 Dec 1832 – 4 Jan; 5 Apr – 29 Apr; 9 Aug – 1 Sept; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Apr – 7 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 21 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jan – 24 May
Uranus retrograde: 27 May – 28 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 1 May – 8 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 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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