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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°25′♒︎ Aquarius 7°36′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 19°43′♈︎ Aries 3°31′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°29′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°04′♑︎ Capricorn 17°05′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°38′♒︎ Aquarius 11°51′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°17′♊︎ Gemini 10°41′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°52′♒︎ Aquarius 12°02′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 22°21′♓︎ Pisces 15°39′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 22°18′♎︎ Libra 7°19′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 23 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 10 Mar – 21 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 7 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jul – 18 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 16 May – 23 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 19 Mar – 24 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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