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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°24′♋︎ Cancer 10°20′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 15°39′♍︎ Virgo 12°52′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°50′♓︎ Pisces 6°25′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°05′♑︎ Capricorn 16°30′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 24°08′♊︎ Gemini 7°37′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 23°36′♋︎ Cancer 14°03′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 8°06′♈︎ Aries 4°10′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 6°25′♈︎ Aries 29°33′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°31′♏︎ Scorpio 3°40′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°43′♌︎ Leo 12°40′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 17°51′♍︎ Virgo 15°04′
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: 24 Feb – 19 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 23 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 May – 28 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Nov 2262 – 6 Mar; 9 Dec – 8 Apr 2264
Saturn retrograde: 18 Aug – 1 Jan 2264
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jul – 13 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 18 Dec 2262 – 24 May; 20 Dec – 25 May 2264
Pluto retrograde: 20 Apr – 28 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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