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♍︎ Virgo 0°19′♌︎ Leo 27°31′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 27°53′♓︎ Pisces 13°55′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°57′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°41′♑︎ Capricorn 2°02′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°02′♒︎ Aquarius 3°24′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 10°20′♓︎ Pisces 6°25′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°54′♋︎ Cancer 21°49′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°13′♏︎ Scorpio 10°15′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 2°30′♌︎ Leo 29°42′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°58′♑︎ Capricorn 15°33′
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: 3 Mar – 25 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 29 Oct – 18 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Dec – 2 Feb 2257
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 19 May – 7 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jun – 15 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 3 Dec 2255 – 8 May; 4 Dec – 10 May 2257
Pluto retrograde: 6 Apr – 12 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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