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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 14°36′♊︎ Gemini 10°36′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°36′♊︎ Gemini 16°34′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 15°05′♍︎ Virgo 12°33′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 12°44′♍︎ Virgo 5°50′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°36′♑︎ Capricorn 22°22′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°17′♏︎ Scorpio 22°31′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 29°52′♉︎ Taurus 20°06′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 6°13′♍︎ Virgo 22°24′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 18°48′♊︎ Gemini 14°48′
- Venus42 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°11′♏︎ Scorpio 15°38′
- Jupiter119 days♌︎ Leo 1°03′♋︎ Cancer 20°59′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°58′♍︎ Virgo 14°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°45′♑︎ Capricorn 6°26′
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: 12 Jan – 1 Feb; 5 May – 29 May; 6 Sept – 29 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2951
Venus retrograde: 26 Oct – 6 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Oct 2949 – 9 Feb; 18 Nov – 17 Mar 2951
Saturn retrograde: 23 Dec 2949 – 7 May
Uranus retrograde: 19 Sept 2949 – 17 Feb; 23 Sept – 21 Feb 2951
Neptune retrograde: 25 Feb – 3 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 16 Dec 2949 – 23 May; 18 Dec – 26 May 2951
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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