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.
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 28°55′♓︎ Pisces 12°54′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°57′♓︎ Pisces 0°08′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°23′♏︎ Scorpio 26°19′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°12′♑︎ Capricorn 8°26′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°48′♑︎ Capricorn 2°58′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°25′♒︎ Aquarius 16°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 16°21′♋︎ Cancer 7°14′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 5°45′♈︎ Aries 3°39′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°51′♎︎ Libra 28°07′
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: 19 Feb – 12 Mar; 20 Jun – 14 Jul; 16 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 19 Feb – 1 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 5 Mar – 4 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 13 Apr – 20 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 6 Jul – 18 Dec
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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