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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 14°13′♉︎ Taurus 10°15′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°59′♑︎ Capricorn 10°37′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 11°35′♍︎ Virgo 4°42′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°29′♑︎ Capricorn 9°14′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 7°32′♎︎ Libra 4°45′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°16′♉︎ Taurus 6°16′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°20′♒︎ Aquarius 4°53′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 18°19′♉︎ Taurus 14°21′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°45′♍︎ Virgo 9°05′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°05′♊︎ Gemini 11°02′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°19′
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: 30 Dec 2272 – 19 Jan; 21 Apr – 15 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 2274
Venus retrograde: 18 Dec 2272 – 28 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct – 4 Feb 2274
Saturn retrograde: 21 Dec 2272 – 6 May
Uranus retrograde: 19 Aug 2272 – 17 Jan; 23 Aug – 22 Jan 2274
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jan – 15 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 8 May – 17 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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