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.
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 17°01′♓︎ Pisces 1°54′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°56′♏︎ Scorpio 14°49′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°08′♑︎ Capricorn 27°22′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°54′♒︎ Aquarius 14°16′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 17°17′♋︎ Cancer 8°26′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 18°18′♌︎ Leo 1°48′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°45′♓︎ Pisces 12°53′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 16°47′♈︎ Aries 14°42′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°06′♏︎ Scorpio 0°31′
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: 21 Feb – 13 Mar; 20 Jun – 14 Jul; 17 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 10 Jul – 22 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Jul – 7 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 30 May – 18 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 Feb – 22 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 1 May – 8 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jul – 28 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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