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♋︎ Cancer 3°57′♋︎ Cancer 1°08′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 29°59′♍︎ Virgo 25°49′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 26°27′♎︎ Libra 23°39′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 26°27′♈︎ Aries 10°14′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 18°26′♈︎ Aries 5°31′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°28′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°21′♌︎ Leo 13°11′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°12′♈︎ Aries 14°17′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 6°11′♋︎ Cancer 3°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°56′♏︎ Scorpio 29°47′
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: 25 Mar – 17 Apr; 27 Jul – 21 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Mar – 29 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Aug – 10 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 25 Mar – 12 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jan – 3 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 7 Oct 2721 – 12 Mar; 9 Oct – 15 Mar 2723
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jan – 4 Jul
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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