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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 17°10′♉︎ Taurus 10°17′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 17°10′♓︎ Pisces 2°46′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°09′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°34′♒︎ Aquarius 3°47′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°49′♒︎ Aquarius 16°53′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°57′♋︎ Cancer 10°23′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 0°58′♉︎ Taurus 24°03′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°14′♊︎ Gemini 1°11′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°47′♎︎ Libra 29°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: 21 Feb – 14 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 18 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2001
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug 1999 – 12 Jan; 12 Sept – 25 Jan 2001
Uranus retrograde: 25 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 15 Mar – 20 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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