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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 29°42′♉︎ Taurus 25°43′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°00′♑︎ Capricorn 20°46′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°35′♏︎ Scorpio 6°49′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°14′♏︎ Scorpio 16°31′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°26′♉︎ Taurus 18°46′
- Jupiter122 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°43′♑︎ Capricorn 22°53′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°48′♒︎ Aquarius 27°27′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 4°41′♍︎ Virgo 20°47′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 3°49′♉︎ Taurus 29°50′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°55′♎︎ Libra 22°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°08′♑︎ Capricorn 4°49′
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: 11 Jan – 31 Jan; 4 May – 28 May; 5 Sept – 28 Sept; 26 Dec – 15 Jan 2780
Venus retrograde: 2 Oct – 13 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 May – 19 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 3 Mar – 20 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 4 Sept 2778 – 3 Feb; 8 Sept – 7 Feb 2780
Neptune retrograde: 9 Feb – 18 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 31 May – 10 Nov
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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