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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 14°29′♌︎ Leo 4°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°05′♑︎ Capricorn 28°03′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°14′♏︎ Scorpio 29°26′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°06′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°51′♑︎ Capricorn 6°14′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°25′♑︎ Capricorn 28°38′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°53′♉︎ Taurus 28°57′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°34′♍︎ Virgo 28°01′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 15°44′♍︎ Virgo 5°43′
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: 29 Nov 2488 – 30 Mar; 30 Dec – 1 May 2490
Saturn retrograde: 20 Apr – 9 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 29 Mar – 29 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 2 May – 9 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 4 Mar – 8 Aug
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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