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 17°24′♋︎ Cancer 14°35′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°35′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 12°33′♎︎ Libra 2°35′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 28°43′♎︎ Libra 24°35′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°50′♏︎ Scorpio 9°01′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 28°32′♈︎ Aries 16°28′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°59′♒︎ Aquarius 17°20′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 12°01′♌︎ Leo 25°36′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°15′♌︎ Leo 23°16′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 19°38′♋︎ Cancer 16°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°53′
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 Dec 2727 – 4 Jan; 3 Apr – 27 Apr; 7 Aug – 30 Aug; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 5 Aug – 17 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jan – 29 May
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 2 Feb – 2 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 21 Oct 2727 – 25 Mar; 22 Oct – 28 Mar 2729
Pluto retrograde: 14 Feb – 19 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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