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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°49′♊︎ Gemini 6°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°12′♑︎ Capricorn 8°54′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 28°10′♍︎ Virgo 25°23′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°42′♉︎ Taurus 3°59′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°23′♑︎ Capricorn 24°49′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 17°45′♓︎ Pisces 13°50′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 24°21′♓︎ Pisces 17°38′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 3°22′♌︎ Leo 16°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°39′♍︎ Virgo 8°32′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 21°38′♋︎ Cancer 11°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°05′
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: 30 Dec 2759 – 19 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 2761
Venus retrograde: 26 Jul – 8 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Oct 2759 – 31 Jan; 8 Nov – 7 Mar 2761
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jul – 21 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jun – 22 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 31 Dec 2759 – 5 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 28 Apr – 6 Oct
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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