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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 6°31′♋︎ Cancer 3°42′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 24°07′♍︎ Virgo 17°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°23′♑︎ Capricorn 25°26′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°41′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 8°52′♉︎ Taurus 22°23′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°59′♉︎ Taurus 27°13′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°45′♒︎ Aquarius 6°55′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 2°17′♈︎ Aries 0°10′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 9°59′♍︎ Virgo 25°15′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°45′♋︎ Cancer 5°56′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°24′♑︎ Capricorn 9°11′
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: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 10 May – 3 Jun; 10 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2069
Venus retrograde: 29 Apr – 11 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jun – 2 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jan – 18 May
Uranus retrograde: 18 Mar – 18 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 9 Oct 2067 – 13 Mar; 10 Oct – 16 Mar 2069
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jul – 13 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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