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 15°02′♍︎ Virgo 12°15′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°42′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 17°11′♈︎ Aries 1°04′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°29′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°13′♈︎ Aries 22°38′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°14′♑︎ Capricorn 12°36′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°37′♑︎ Capricorn 8°00′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°38′♒︎ Aquarius 19°42′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 11°09′♌︎ Leo 28°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°58′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 17°14′♍︎ Virgo 14°26′
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 Dec 2753 – 9 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 13 Aug – 5 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Mar – 20 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Apr – 8 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 23 Apr – 12 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 28 May – 29 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 17 Dec 2753 – 23 May; 19 Dec – 26 May 2755
Pluto retrograde: 17 Apr – 24 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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