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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 14°38′♋︎ Cancer 10°34′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 29°00′♍︎ Virgo 26°22′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°58′♑︎ Capricorn 15°40′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°44′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°35′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 0°53′♈︎ Aries 14°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°02′♉︎ Taurus 11°41′
- Jupiter122 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°25′♑︎ Capricorn 27°35′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 28°52′♍︎ Virgo 15°30′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 19°03′♋︎ Cancer 14°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°49′
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: 5 Jan – 25 Jan; 27 Apr – 20 May; 30 Aug – 22 Sept; 20 Dec – 8 Jan 2958
Venus retrograde: 22 Mar – 3 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 20 Mar – 7 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 Oct 2956 – 18 Mar; 24 Oct – 23 Mar 2958
Neptune retrograde: 12 Mar – 18 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 30 Dec 2956 – 6 Jun
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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