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 22°08′♋︎ Cancer 19°19′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 14°36′♍︎ Virgo 4°36′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°40′♑︎ Capricorn 18°34′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°53′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°57′♑︎ Capricorn 10°58′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 27°47′♉︎ Taurus 18°41′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 9°57′♈︎ Aries 7°53′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 2°53′♍︎ Virgo 18°29′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 24°21′♋︎ Cancer 21°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°44′♑︎ Capricorn 2°28′
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: 8 Jan – 28 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 3 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 2076
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Dec 2074 – 30 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 27 Mar – 15 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 18 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 25 Oct 2074 – 30 Mar; 27 Oct – 31 Mar 2076
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jul – 22 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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