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 19°16′♒︎ Aquarius 3°20′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 24°25′♎︎ Libra 14°29′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°19′♏︎ Scorpio 26°40′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°55′♑︎ Capricorn 27°24′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°07′♊︎ Gemini 5°24′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 29°04′♓︎ Pisces 26°16′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 11°45′♈︎ Aries 7°49′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°59′♎︎ Libra 3°12′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°00′♑︎ Capricorn 12°37′
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: 23 Jan – 13 Feb; 20 May – 13 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Dec – 31 Jan 2516
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Feb – 11 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 13 Mar – 31 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jul – 17 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jul – 8 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 1 May – 10 Oct
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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