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 24°03′♑︎ Capricorn 7°46′
- Saturn136 days♎︎ Libra 1°33′♍︎ Virgo 24°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°59′♉︎ Taurus 3°32′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°21′♑︎ Capricorn 17°46′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 17°55′♓︎ Pisces 15°07′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 21°59′♓︎ Pisces 18°04′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°48′♍︎ Virgo 7°29′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°36′♊︎ Gemini 6°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°55′
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: 28 Dec 2509 – 17 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 15 Sept; 12 Dec – 1 Jan 2511
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct – 31 Jan 2511
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jan – 27 May
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jun – 27 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jun – 26 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 21 Apr – 29 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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