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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 2°33′♈︎ Aries 28°36′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 29°38′♓︎ Pisces 16°05′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°30′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°09′♑︎ Capricorn 20°38′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°31′♑︎ Capricorn 13°54′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 18°43′♓︎ Pisces 15°55′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°27′♋︎ Cancer 23°56′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 6°36′♉︎ Taurus 2°38′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°38′♏︎ Scorpio 11°35′
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: 5 Mar – 28 Mar; 7 Jul – 1 Aug; 31 Oct – 20 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 30 Apr – 18 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 7 Aug 2018 – 6 Jan; 12 Aug – 11 Jan 2020
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jun – 27 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 24 Apr – 3 Oct
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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