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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°26′♒︎ Aquarius 5°26′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 12°40′♎︎ Libra 2°42′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 25°13′♎︎ Libra 21°05′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°55′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°10′♑︎ Capricorn 16°24′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 15°46′♊︎ Gemini 6°57′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 11°14′♈︎ Aries 9°07′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 20°05′♎︎ Libra 5°25′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 28°44′♎︎ Libra 12°47′
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: 25 Jan – 15 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 21 Sept – 13 Oct
Venus retrograde: 23 Sept – 4 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jan – 29 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Apr – 20 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jan – 28 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 20 Apr – 28 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 23 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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