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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 13°19′♉︎ Taurus 6°28′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 16°19′♋︎ Cancer 6°14′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°57′♑︎ Capricorn 17°33′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 19°10′♓︎ Pisces 4°26′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°17′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°51′♒︎ Aquarius 7°54′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°42′♒︎ Aquarius 22°54′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°55′♋︎ Cancer 11°42′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 26°51′♉︎ Taurus 19°57′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°04′♏︎ Scorpio 2°19′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 19°05′♌︎ Leo 9°02′
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 Feb – 16 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus retrograde: 25 Dec 2499 – 4 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Nov 2499 – 1 Mar; 5 Dec – 4 Apr 2501
Saturn retrograde: 24 Aug 2499 – 7 Jan; 8 Sept – 21 Jan 2501
Uranus retrograde: 16 May – 17 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 28 May – 4 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 31 Mar – 6 Sept
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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