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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 15°09′♋︎ Cancer 12°20′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 12°15′♍︎ Virgo 2°13′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°43′♑︎ Capricorn 10°25′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°55′♑︎ Capricorn 24°28′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 23°56′♎︎ Libra 19°48′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°14′♏︎ Scorpio 6°25′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°31′♉︎ Taurus 6°01′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°26′♒︎ Aquarius 5°48′
- Mars70 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°49′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°24′♍︎ Virgo 10°09′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 17°24′♋︎ Cancer 14°35′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°35′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 25 Aug – 18 Sept; 16 Dec – 4 Jan 2728
Venus retrograde: 2 Jan – 12 Feb
Mars retrograde: 24 May – 1 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Dec 2726 – 29 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 22 May – 11 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 28 Jan – 28 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 18 Oct 2726 – 24 Mar; 21 Oct – 25 Mar 2728
Pluto retrograde: 11 Feb – 17 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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