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 14°05′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 28°53′♎︎ Libra 24°45′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°52′♓︎ Pisces 24°56′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 20°39′♓︎ Pisces 18°30′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°39′♌︎ Leo 2°30′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°14′♈︎ Aries 14°17′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 19°34′♉︎ Taurus 12°41′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 16°20′♊︎ Gemini 13°31′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 29°06′♎︎ Libra 13°20′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°20′♏︎ Scorpio 19°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: 13 Mar – 5 Apr; 16 Jul – 9 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Sept – 4 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Aug – 9 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 31 Aug – 13 Jan 2059
Uranus retrograde: 1 Feb – 2 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 16 Sept 2057 – 19 Feb; 18 Sept – 22 Feb 2059
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jun – 2 Dec
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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