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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 22°17′♊︎ Gemini 19°28′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 22°47′♍︎ Virgo 18°38′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 13°20′♒︎ Aquarius 28°14′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°00′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°38′♋︎ Cancer 4°46′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 12°03′♓︎ Pisces 5°22′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 26°15′♓︎ Pisces 24°05′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 24°32′♊︎ Gemini 21°43′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°22′♎︎ Libra 26°46′
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: 16 Feb – 10 Mar; 17 Jun – 11 Jul; 14 Oct – 4 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jun – 8 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 27 Dec 2552 – 26 May
Neptune retrograde: 24 Sept 2552 – 28 Feb; 27 Sept – 2 Mar 2554
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jun – 7 Dec
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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