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♌︎ Leo 1°01′♋︎ Cancer 28°13′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°37′♓︎ Pisces 2°06′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°32′♑︎ Capricorn 7°42′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°37′♑︎ Capricorn 27°41′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°03′♑︎ Capricorn 27°26′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°04′♋︎ Cancer 9°37′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 13°28′♋︎ Cancer 26°59′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 14°12′♈︎ Aries 12°09′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°18′♎︎ Libra 29°29′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 3°14′♌︎ Leo 0°25′
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: 20 Feb – 14 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 18 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 6 Jul – 18 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 13 May – 1 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 5 May – 7 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 2 Nov 2078 – 8 Apr; 5 Nov – 9 Apr 2080
Pluto retrograde: 14 Jul – 26 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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