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♌︎ Leo 9°13′♌︎ Leo 6°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°55′♒︎ Aquarius 7°02′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 16°10′♎︎ Libra 6°13′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°54′♏︎ Scorpio 28°14′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°39′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 18°23′♊︎ Gemini 9°45′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 19°58′♈︎ Aries 17°54′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°44′♎︎ Libra 6°51′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 11°26′♌︎ Leo 8°38′
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: 26 Jan – 16 Feb; 23 May – 16 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jan – 2 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Mar – 1 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Apr – 4 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 11 Nov 2573 – 16 Apr; 13 Nov – 19 Apr 2575
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jul – 1 Jan 2575
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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