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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°56′♑︎ Capricorn 18°28′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°17′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 21°29′♈︎ Aries 9°47′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°09′♑︎ Capricorn 29°23′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°44′♒︎ Aquarius 8°48′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°03′♓︎ Pisces 18°09′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°16′♌︎ Leo 15°57′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 3°37′♈︎ Aries 26°46′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°18′
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: 27 Mar – 20 Apr; 31 Jul – 23 Aug; 21 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 15 Aug – 29 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 17 May – 18 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 4 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Mar – 16 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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