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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 26°30′♍︎ Virgo 22°21′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°14′♑︎ Capricorn 16°01′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 13°34′♎︎ Libra 10°48′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°06′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°52′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°41′♉︎ Taurus 14°00′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 19°16′♉︎ Taurus 12°23′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°52′♍︎ Virgo 15°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°22′♑︎ Capricorn 0°03′
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: 5 Jan – 25 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 31 Aug – 23 Sept; 20 Dec – 9 Jan 2471
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 31 Aug – 13 Jan 2471
Uranus retrograde: 31 Dec 2469 – 29 May
Neptune retrograde: 21 Mar – 28 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jan – 20 Jun
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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