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 4°42′♍︎ Virgo 1°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°56′♒︎ Aquarius 9°16′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°57′♑︎ Capricorn 6°19′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 21°59′♊︎ Gemini 13°26′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 3°22′♒︎ Aquarius 26°42′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°38′♒︎ Aquarius 16°47′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 18°17′♓︎ Pisces 14°22′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 3°04′♌︎ Leo 16°40′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 23°54′♎︎ Libra 8°43′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 6°54′♍︎ Virgo 4°06′
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: 29 Jan – 19 Feb; 27 May – 20 Jun; 25 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 27 Jul – 8 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jun – 31 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jun – 23 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 Dec 2257 – 13 May; 9 Dec – 15 May 2259
Pluto retrograde: 10 Apr – 17 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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