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♊︎ Gemini 2°52′♊︎ Gemini 0°03′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 5°07′♎︎ Libra 0°59′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°17′♒︎ Aquarius 26°29′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°03′♎︎ Libra 26°09′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 14°30′♓︎ Pisces 12°18′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°43′♋︎ Cancer 3°34′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 14°34′♓︎ Pisces 7°50′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 5°07′♊︎ Gemini 2°18′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°07′♎︎ Libra 24°24′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°32′♑︎ Capricorn 1°12′
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: 14 Feb – 8 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Dec – 19 Jan 2054
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Feb – 22 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jun – 10 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jan – 7 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 4 Sept 2052 – 8 Feb; 7 Sept – 11 Feb 2054
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jun – 25 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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