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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 25°32′♋︎ Cancer 18°36′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 12°21′♍︎ Virgo 2°19′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 13°07′♎︎ Libra 8°58′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°45′♑︎ Capricorn 27°34′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°28′♏︎ Scorpio 11°39′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°51′♑︎ Capricorn 19°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°56′♉︎ Taurus 26°32′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 5°21′♊︎ Gemini 18°52′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 11°47′♍︎ Virgo 27°40′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 9°35′♌︎ Leo 2°38′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°53′♑︎ Capricorn 11°34′
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: 17 Jan – 7 Feb; 10 May – 3 Jun; 11 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 20 Jan 2977
Venus retrograde: 26 May – 8 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Dec 2975 – 27 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 6 Nov 2975 – 19 Mar; 20 Nov – 3 Apr 2977
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jan – 15 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 22 Apr – 29 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 15 Feb – 21 Jul
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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