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.
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°37′♌︎ Leo 12°35′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°05′♒︎ Aquarius 1°18′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°55′♏︎ Scorpio 28°16′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°32′♑︎ Capricorn 12°58′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°08′♊︎ Gemini 4°33′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 9°49′♓︎ Pisces 7°01′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 0°46′♌︎ Leo 14°23′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 20°30′♈︎ Aries 16°33′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°55′♎︎ Libra 0°53′
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 Jan – 11 Feb; 19 May – 11 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Jul – 6 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Dec 2014 – 8 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 14 Mar – 2 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jul – 26 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 12 Jun – 18 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 17 Apr – 25 Sept
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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