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.
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°47′♍︎ Virgo 8°48′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°09′♑︎ Capricorn 20°10′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 22°25′♓︎ Pisces 6°21′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°49′♏︎ Scorpio 22°10′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°21′♉︎ Taurus 21°31′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°24′♒︎ Aquarius 7°37′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 12°27′♓︎ Pisces 8°31′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 17°55′♈︎ Aries 15°54′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 4°38′♍︎ Virgo 19°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°11′♑︎ Capricorn 3°57′
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: 10 Jan – 31 Jan; 6 May – 30 May; 6 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 1839
Venus retrograde: 12 Feb – 26 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 8 Mar – 27 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jun – 18 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 13 May – 20 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 18 Jul – 30 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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