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 17°25′♑︎ Capricorn 1°06′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°48′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°20′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°19′♈︎ Aries 25°13′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°34′♒︎ Aquarius 1°04′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 3°32′♈︎ Aries 0°44′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 19°40′♈︎ Aries 15°44′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 1°02′♌︎ Leo 14°35′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 13°17′♍︎ Virgo 0°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°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: 21 Dec 2516 – 10 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 14 Aug – 7 Sept; 5 Dec – 25 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 Jul – 5 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Apr – 12 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 4 Apr – 23 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jul – 25 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jul – 12 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 4 May – 13 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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