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.
- Jupiter117 days♊︎ Gemini 1°10′♉︎ Taurus 21°10′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°26′♋︎ Cancer 5°37′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 9°34′♎︎ Libra 5°24′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°31′♎︎ Libra 28°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°54′♒︎ Aquarius 29°45′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°11′♑︎ Capricorn 1°33′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°00′♋︎ Cancer 6°11′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 10°40′♋︎ Cancer 7°51′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°59′♎︎ Libra 28°25′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 6°53′♊︎ Gemini 26°50′
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: 19 Feb – 12 Mar; 19 Jun – 13 Jul; 16 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Sept 2723 – 16 Jan; 25 Oct – 20 Feb 2725
Saturn retrograde: 16 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jan – 12 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 12 Oct 2723 – 16 Mar; 13 Oct – 19 Mar 2725
Pluto retrograde: 3 Feb – 8 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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