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 5°39′♊︎ Gemini 2°49′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 23°07′♍︎ Virgo 18°58′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 0°55′♍︎ Virgo 28°12′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 6°15′♍︎ Virgo 26°17′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°19′♒︎ Aquarius 18°00′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°50′♎︎ Libra 24°06′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°28′♊︎ Gemini 23°47′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 13°59′♌︎ Leo 27°40′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 7°53′♊︎ Gemini 5°04′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°21′♎︎ Libra 16°53′
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: 7 Feb – 28 Feb; 7 Jun – 1 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 8 Aug – 20 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Jan – 23 May
Saturn retrograde: 8 Feb – 27 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 28 Dec 2217 – 27 May
Neptune retrograde: 8 Sept 2217 – 12 Feb; 11 Sept – 14 Feb 2219
Pluto retrograde: 2 Jan – 8 Jun
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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