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♋︎ Cancer 4°45′♊︎ Gemini 27°46′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°22′♑︎ Capricorn 25°48′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 6°49′♎︎ Libra 4°03′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 27°46′♎︎ Libra 23°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°50′♒︎ Aquarius 27°08′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°50′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°38′♋︎ Cancer 4°23′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°52′♓︎ Pisces 7°59′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°37′♎︎ Libra 24°51′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 18°54′♋︎ Cancer 11°56′
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 Feb – 9 Mar; 17 Jun – 12 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 3 Jan – 13 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jul – 3 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 17 Oct 1973 – 27 Feb; 31 Oct – 14 Mar 1975
Uranus retrograde: 1 Feb – 2 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 12 Mar – 19 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jan – 14 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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