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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°29′♑︎ Capricorn 26°28′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°24′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°36′♑︎ Capricorn 12°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 6°30′♉︎ Taurus 27°37′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 17°12′♓︎ Pisces 10°29′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 7°59′♈︎ Aries 5°54′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°23′♓︎ Pisces 12°30′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°59′♍︎ Virgo 26°23′
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: 17 Jan – 6 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 12 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jul – 8 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jun – 14 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 15 Mar – 14 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 17 Apr – 25 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 8 Jul – 20 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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