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 12°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°59′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 15°50′♎︎ Libra 5°52′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°32′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°34′♈︎ Aries 19°00′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°53′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°48′♒︎ Aquarius 3°02′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°32′♑︎ Capricorn 28°55′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°27′♌︎ Leo 25°02′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°14′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°27′♑︎ Capricorn 20°01′
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 2490 – 4 Jan; 5 Apr – 28 Apr; 8 Aug – 1 Sept; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 28 Dec – 7 Feb 2492
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jan – 1 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 May – 2 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 7 Apr – 7 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 7 May – 14 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 10 Mar – 14 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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