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.
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 23°45′♈︎ Aries 20°56′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 25°59′♉︎ Taurus 22°00′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 8°03′♒︎ Aquarius 22°44′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 28°43′♎︎ Libra 18°48′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 10°24′♓︎ Pisces 24°18′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°26′♒︎ Aquarius 18°03′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°14′♊︎ Gemini 28°33′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 26°00′♈︎ Aries 23°11′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 24°25′♈︎ Aries 17°36′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 0°07′♉︎ Taurus 26°08′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°08′♎︎ Libra 21°41′
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: 11 Feb – 5 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 9 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 2 Mar – 13 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Feb – 15 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 5 Aug – 21 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 31 Aug 2526 – 30 Jan; 5 Sept – 3 Feb 2528
Neptune retrograde: 27 Jul 2526 – 1 Jan; 29 Jul – 3 Jan 2528
Pluto retrograde: 21 May – 31 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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