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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°10′♑︎ Capricorn 19°06′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°20′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°45′♑︎ Capricorn 24°58′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°38′♉︎ Taurus 19°38′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°39′♑︎ Capricorn 7°49′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°35′♒︎ Aquarius 0°38′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°17′♊︎ Gemini 11°46′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 7°24′♈︎ Aries 0°36′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 3°29′♍︎ Virgo 18°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°13′♑︎ Capricorn 2°58′
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: 9 Jan – 30 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 4 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 1997
Venus retrograde: 20 May – 2 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 18 Jul – 3 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 8 May – 10 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 29 Apr – 6 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 5 Mar – 10 Aug
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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