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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 6°31′♉︎ Taurus 29°34′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 2°03′♍︎ Virgo 29°18′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 18°19′♎︎ Libra 14°11′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°29′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°50′♈︎ Aries 3°40′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°29′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 4°44′♊︎ Gemini 18°13′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°21′♌︎ Leo 10°27′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 20°35′♊︎ Gemini 13°37′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°27′♏︎ Scorpio 26°14′
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: 21 Mar – 14 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 27 May – 9 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 19 Sept 1971 – 31 Jan; 2 Oct – 13 Feb 1973
Uranus retrograde: 23 Jan – 21 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 7 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 4 Jan – 9 Jun
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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