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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 9°57′♊︎ Gemini 5°55′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 27°30′♍︎ Virgo 17°32′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°41′♒︎ Aquarius 3°59′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°49′♒︎ Aquarius 6°24′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 19°41′♊︎ Gemini 3°10′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°18′♊︎ Gemini 7°45′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 8°54′♈︎ Aries 6°05′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 11°18′♉︎ Taurus 4°24′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 14°14′♊︎ Gemini 10°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°35′♎︎ Libra 3°28′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 10 May – 22 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jan – 13 May
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug – 5 Jan 2029
Uranus retrograde: 15 Sept 2027 – 12 Feb; 19 Sept – 16 Feb 2029
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jul – 16 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 9 May – 19 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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