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.
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 12°45′♓︎ Pisces 26°37′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 1°32′♓︎ Pisces 17°34′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°08′♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°08′♒︎ Aquarius 4°39′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 2°11′♒︎ Aquarius 22°20′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 5°33′♋︎ Cancer 25°30′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 8°01′♈︎ Aries 5°13′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 27°37′♈︎ Aries 23°41′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°57′♏︎ Scorpio 13°58′
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: 7 Mar – 30 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 2 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Mar – 15 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 28 Apr – 16 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Aug – 2 Jan 2520
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jul – 17 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 May – 17 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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