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.
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 2°58′♉︎ Taurus 26°03′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 6°06′♎︎ Libra 1°57′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 18°27′♎︎ Libra 15°41′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 17°33′♈︎ Aries 4°53′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°28′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°26′♓︎ Pisces 7°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°42′♌︎ Leo 12°17′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 16°55′♊︎ Gemini 9°58′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°35′♏︎ Scorpio 9°02′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°46′♏︎ Scorpio 28°36′
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: 22 Mar – 14 Apr; 25 Jul – 18 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Oct – 29 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jul – 1 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 14 Sept 2471 – 27 Jan; 28 Sept – 9 Feb 2473
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jan – 8 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 25 Mar – 1 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jan – 24 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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