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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 2°03′♊︎ Gemini 25°07′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 11°54′♌︎ Leo 9°06′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 16°38′♍︎ Virgo 6°37′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°12′♑︎ Capricorn 29°06′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°31′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°43′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°25′♉︎ Taurus 29°21′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 13°34′♍︎ Virgo 29°09′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°36′♏︎ Scorpio 3°57′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 16°06′♋︎ Cancer 9°09′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°08′♌︎ Leo 11°19′
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: 20 Jan – 9 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 15 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 15 Oct – 25 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jan – 3 May
Saturn retrograde: 14 Oct 2738 – 25 Feb; 29 Oct – 11 Mar 2740
Uranus retrograde: 25 Mar – 25 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 14 Nov 2738 – 20 Apr; 17 Nov – 21 Apr 2740
Pluto retrograde: 14 Mar – 18 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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