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♒︎ Aquarius 2°34′♑︎ Capricorn 16°28′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 29°31′♎︎ Libra 26°42′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°26′♎︎ Libra 27°43′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°04′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°04′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 25°33′♉︎ Taurus 16°25′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 9°29′♌︎ Leo 23°11′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 0°44′♍︎ Virgo 16°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°39′♑︎ Capricorn 0°22′
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: 7 Jan – 27 Jan; 1 May – 25 May; 2 Sept – 24 Sept; 22 Dec – 11 Jan 1984
Venus retrograde: 3 Aug – 15 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 29 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 12 Feb – 1 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 14 Mar – 14 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 1 Apr – 8 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 1 Feb – 7 Jul
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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