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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 13°25′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°50′♑︎ Capricorn 2°32′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 22°48′♎︎ Libra 20°02′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°29′♈︎ Aries 27°52′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°12′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°43′♒︎ Aquarius 16°20′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°19′♍︎ Virgo 2°08′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 17°42′♊︎ Gemini 13°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°42′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°30′♑︎ Capricorn 8°08′
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: 23 Dec 2279 – 12 Jan; 13 Apr – 7 May; 16 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Dec – 26 Jan 2281
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Apr – 15 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 17 Mar – 4 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 18 Sept 2279 – 16 Feb; 22 Sept – 20 Feb 2281
Neptune retrograde: 24 Jan – 30 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 19 May – 29 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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