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.
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 4°21′♉︎ Taurus 27°28′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 11°54′♋︎ Cancer 1°50′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 7°27′♌︎ Leo 4°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 17°33′♓︎ Pisces 2°31′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°26′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°40′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°11′♋︎ Cancer 9°16′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 18°07′♊︎ Gemini 11°12′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°36′♏︎ Scorpio 0°59′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 9°41′♌︎ Leo 6°53′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°14′♌︎ Leo 5°11′
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: 21 Feb – 15 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 19 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Oct 2736 – 25 Feb; 2 Dec – 1 Apr 2738
Saturn retrograde: 15 Sept 2736 – 29 Jan; 30 Sept – 11 Feb 2738
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 15 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 9 Nov 2736 – 15 Apr; 12 Nov – 17 Apr 2738
Pluto retrograde: 8 Mar – 12 Aug
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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