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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 24°21′♌︎ Leo 14°18′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 2°32′♍︎ Virgo 29°45′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 14°50′♓︎ Pisces 28°45′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°34′♓︎ Pisces 25°55′
- Pluto161 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°11′♑︎ Capricorn 28°39′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 25°40′♓︎ Pisces 21°45′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 14°19′♌︎ Leo 3°55′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 19°07′♈︎ Aries 12°20′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°46′♏︎ Scorpio 21°44′
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: 15 Mar – 7 Apr; 17 Jul – 11 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus retrograde: 6 Mar – 17 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Dec 2761 – 10 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jul – 15 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jun – 1 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jan – 10 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 2 May – 11 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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