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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°21′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°21′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 29°04′♈︎ Aries 17°36′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°59′♑︎ Capricorn 17°12′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 10°12′♈︎ Aries 8°07′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 12°04′♈︎ Aries 5°17′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°58′♌︎ Leo 23°28′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 5°56′♉︎ Taurus 25°54′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°36′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°45′
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: 16 Dec 2319 – 4 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 5 Dec – 14 Jan 2321
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 2321
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jul – 8 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 23 Mar – 23 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 Apr – 29 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jul – 22 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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