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♌︎ Leo 23°32′♌︎ Leo 16°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°46′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°27′♑︎ Capricorn 24°02′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 22°44′♎︎ Libra 18°35′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°42′♏︎ Scorpio 16°52′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°33′♏︎ Scorpio 2°38′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 29°23′♈︎ Aries 17°04′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°13′♑︎ Capricorn 23°27′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°58′♌︎ Leo 24°14′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°05′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 7°19′♍︎ Virgo 0°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: 15 Dec 2977 – 4 Jan; 4 Apr – 27 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Jan – 11 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Feb – 29 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 4 Dec 2977 – 17 Apr; 18 Dec – 1 May 2979
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jan – 25 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 27 Apr – 4 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Feb – 26 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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