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.
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 26°09′♓︎ Pisces 11°50′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°33′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°12′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′♑︎ Capricorn 8°32′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°13′♒︎ Aquarius 7°26′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°34′♒︎ Aquarius 21°55′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 29°17′♋︎ Cancer 19°37′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°33′♌︎ Leo 21°09′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°47′♏︎ Scorpio 8°54′
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: 1 Mar – 23 Mar; 2 Jul – 26 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 30 Jul – 11 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 2 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jun – 25 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 11 May – 18 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 14 Mar – 19 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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