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.
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 10°37′♊︎ Gemini 3°42′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 20°06′♍︎ Virgo 10°05′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°40′♒︎ Aquarius 0°41′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°30′♑︎ Capricorn 0°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°59′♊︎ Gemini 2°10′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°59′♒︎ Aquarius 16°03′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 0°07′♒︎ Aquarius 27°19′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°16′♎︎ Libra 0°36′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°37′♊︎ Gemini 17°40′
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: 21 Jan – 10 Feb; 16 May – 9 Jun; 16 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jan – 6 May
Saturn retrograde: 22 Sept 2501 – 4 Feb; 7 Oct – 18 Feb 2503
Uranus retrograde: 24 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jun – 8 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 5 Apr – 11 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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