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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 7°52′♋︎ Cancer 3°49′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°58′♎︎ Libra 24°03′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°07′♏︎ Scorpio 26°21′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°03′♈︎ Aries 1°47′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 12°44′♓︎ Pisces 10°28′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 7°38′♓︎ Pisces 0°58′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°29′♌︎ Leo 9°40′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 12°16′♋︎ Cancer 8°12′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°54′♏︎ Scorpio 26°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: 20 Mar – 12 Apr; 23 Jul – 16 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Feb – 20 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jun – 4 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 13 Oct 2787 – 11 Mar; 17 Oct – 16 Mar 2789
Neptune retrograde: 29 Feb – 7 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Jun – 23 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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