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.
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 1°37′♈︎ Aries 27°41′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°37′♒︎ Aquarius 12°56′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°35′♒︎ Aquarius 8°08′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°54′♒︎ Aquarius 5°17′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°37′♊︎ Gemini 17°04′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 12°30′♈︎ Aries 9°42′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 5°39′♉︎ Taurus 1°42′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°27′♉︎ Taurus 5°28′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 27°37′♎︎ Libra 12°28′
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: 1 Feb – 23 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 29 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 30 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 21 May – 9 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 6 Aug 2520 – 5 Jan; 10 Aug – 9 Jan 2522
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jul – 21 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 11 May – 21 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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