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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 26°26′♍︎ Virgo 22°17′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°08′♑︎ Capricorn 25°58′
- Saturn136 days♎︎ Libra 10°25′♎︎ Libra 3°34′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°05′♑︎ Capricorn 3°19′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 13°29′♉︎ Taurus 27°03′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 4°31′♉︎ Taurus 25°12′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 4°18′♈︎ Aries 2°09′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°15′♈︎ Aries 14°20′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 10°13′♍︎ Virgo 26°02′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°15′♑︎ Capricorn 9°57′
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 Jan – 5 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 10 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 2806
Venus retrograde: 4 May – 16 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Aug – 9 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jan – 4 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 31 Dec 2804 – 29 May
Neptune retrograde: 7 Apr – 14 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 4 Jul – 15 Dec
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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