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 5°27′♌︎ Leo 2°38′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°59′♑︎ Capricorn 28°05′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 24°29′♓︎ Pisces 8°27′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°50′♒︎ Aquarius 5°54′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°06′♊︎ Gemini 0°26′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°23′♒︎ Aquarius 20°43′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 16°18′♈︎ Aries 14°16′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 27°59′♓︎ Pisces 18°05′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°41′♍︎ Virgo 27°50′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 7°40′♌︎ Leo 4°51′
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: 17 Jan – 7 Feb; 14 May – 6 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Feb – 27 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Jul – 12 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jun – 24 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 13 May – 14 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 6 Nov 2080 – 12 Apr; 9 Nov – 14 Apr 2082
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jul – 27 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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