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 28°23′♉︎ Taurus 25°33′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 5°51′♌︎ Leo 25°51′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 25°32′♍︎ Virgo 21°23′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°11′♈︎ Aries 2°51′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°35′♒︎ Aquarius 13°55′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 11°58′♓︎ Pisces 9°45′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 21°35′♌︎ Leo 9°50′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 0°37′♉︎ Taurus 27°48′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°59′♏︎ Scorpio 25°46′
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 Mar – 13 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Dec 2050 – 22 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 31 May – 18 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 30 Dec 2050 – 29 May
Neptune retrograde: 31 Aug 2050 – 4 Feb; 3 Sept – 7 Feb 2052
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jun – 23 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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