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 25°54′♌︎ Leo 23°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°24′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 19°07′♎︎ Libra 9°11′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°37′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 2°40′♈︎ Aries 21°36′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°14′♑︎ Capricorn 10°38′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 2°23′♒︎ Aquarius 28°27′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 9°35′♌︎ Leo 26°45′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 28°07′♌︎ Leo 25°19′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°37′
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: 18 Dec 2253 – 7 Jan; 8 Apr – 1 May; 11 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Feb – 5 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 26 Apr – 14 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jun – 7 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 28 Nov 2253 – 4 May; 30 Nov – 6 May 2255
Pluto retrograde: 2 Apr – 8 Sept
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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