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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 23°52′♉︎ Taurus 21°03′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 1°01′♊︎ Gemini 20°57′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 15°57′♍︎ Virgo 11°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°30′♑︎ Capricorn 13°21′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 3°52′♓︎ Pisces 17°44′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°39′♉︎ Taurus 12°15′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°24′♑︎ Capricorn 20°46′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 9°23′♓︎ Pisces 7°10′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°24′♍︎ Virgo 13°16′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 26°08′♉︎ Taurus 23°19′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°22′♋︎ Cancer 24°18′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°19′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 20°45′♍︎ Virgo 16°36′
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: 2 Jan – 23 Jan; 26 Apr – 20 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2050
Venus retrograde: 22 Feb – 5 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Oct 2048 – 14 Feb; 20 Nov – 20 Mar 2050
Saturn retrograde: 6 May – 24 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 20 Dec 2048 – 19 May; 25 Dec – 24 May 2050
Neptune retrograde: 26 Aug 2048 – 30 Jan; 29 Aug – 2 Feb 2050
Pluto retrograde: 8 Jun – 20 Nov
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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