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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 13°14′♋︎ Cancer 6°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°16′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°54′♍︎ Virgo 8°54′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°32′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 1°55′♈︎ Aries 21°06′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°23′♒︎ Aquarius 12°36′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 26°08′♊︎ Gemini 9°37′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 6°47′♓︎ Pisces 2°52′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 8°46′♌︎ Leo 25°44′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 27°20′♋︎ Cancer 20°23′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°27′
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: 17 Dec 2003 – 6 Jan; 6 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 17 May – 29 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 25 Oct 2003 – 7 Mar; 8 Nov – 22 Mar 2005
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jun – 11 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 17 May – 24 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 24 Mar – 30 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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