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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 19°57′♉︎ Taurus 13°03′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°29′♑︎ Capricorn 13°04′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 20°03′♍︎ Virgo 17°16′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 23°27′♍︎ Virgo 13°28′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°10′♒︎ Aquarius 2°18′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°56′♑︎ Capricorn 20°23′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°37′♊︎ Gemini 4°59′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 16°02′♈︎ Aries 12°06′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 3°46′♉︎ Taurus 26°50′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°57′♎︎ Libra 2°03′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 22°15′♍︎ Virgo 19°27′
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 Jan – 12 Feb; 19 May – 12 Jun; 18 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Dec 2264 – 31 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jan – 10 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Sept 2264 – 14 Jan; 15 Sept – 28 Jan 2266
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jul – 21 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 Dec 2264 – 28 May; 24 Dec – 31 May 2266
Pluto retrograde: 24 Apr – 2 Oct
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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