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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 9°03′♋︎ Cancer 29°00′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 13°56′♍︎ Virgo 7°04′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 19°13′♎︎ Libra 16°25′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°00′♏︎ Scorpio 16°55′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°31′♓︎ Pisces 25°43′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°43′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 14°27′♌︎ Leo 3°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°48′♏︎ Scorpio 19°39′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°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: 15 Mar – 7 Apr; 17 Jul – 11 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Nov 1978 – 26 Mar; 26 Dec – 26 Apr 1980
Saturn retrograde: 24 Dec 1978 – 9 May
Uranus retrograde: 24 Feb – 26 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 23 Mar – 30 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jan – 27 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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