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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°56′♊︎ Gemini 0°54′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 17°03′♌︎ Leo 14°15′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°10′♓︎ Pisces 3°35′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°41′♏︎ Scorpio 25°01′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°27′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°19′♒︎ Aquarius 12°23′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°27′♋︎ Cancer 11°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 5°14′♌︎ Leo 18°51′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°56′♏︎ Scorpio 1°08′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°37′♋︎ Cancer 5°33′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 19°16′♌︎ Leo 16°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: 22 Feb – 16 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 29 Jul – 10 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept 2249 – 25 Jan; 2 Nov – 1 Mar 2251
Saturn retrograde: 11 Mar – 29 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 21 May – 22 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 19 Nov 2249 – 25 Apr; 21 Nov – 27 Apr 2251
Pluto retrograde: 24 Mar – 30 Aug
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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