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.
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 10°38′♍︎ Virgo 7°51′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°47′♒︎ Aquarius 1°44′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 21°04′♎︎ Libra 11°07′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°01′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°57′♑︎ Capricorn 8°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°31′♊︎ Gemini 2°35′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°28′♒︎ Aquarius 11°31′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 5°31′♌︎ Leo 19°05′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°17′♎︎ Libra 1°45′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 12°50′♍︎ Virgo 10°03′
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: 22 Jan – 12 Feb; 17 May – 9 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Jul – 10 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Feb – 7 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 31 Mar – 18 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 May – 21 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 13 Dec 2751 – 18 May; 15 Dec – 21 May 2753
Pluto retrograde: 12 Apr – 19 Sept
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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