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.
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°43′♑︎ Capricorn 28°35′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 28°18′♓︎ Pisces 12°23′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°15′♏︎ Scorpio 24°09′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°32′♒︎ Aquarius 1°45′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°35′♉︎ Taurus 28°25′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 14°22′♓︎ Pisces 7°41′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 18°57′♈︎ Aries 16°53′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 12°58′♍︎ Virgo 28°39′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°25′♉︎ Taurus 26°24′
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: 18 Jan – 8 Feb; 13 May – 5 Jun; 13 Sept – 6 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Feb – 31 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept – 20 Jan 2819
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jun – 11 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 3 Mar – 1 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 6 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 18 Jul – 31 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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