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.
- Saturn136 days♎︎ Libra 4°12′♍︎ Virgo 27°20′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°05′♏︎ Scorpio 2°57′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 9°08′♒︎ Aquarius 23°35′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°32′♏︎ Scorpio 24°43′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 23°57′♈︎ Aries 7°50′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°48′♒︎ Aquarius 0°01′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°57′♒︎ Aquarius 7°07′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°00′♊︎ Gemini 28°26′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 4°30′♒︎ Aquarius 24°15′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°16′♎︎ Libra 23°00′
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 Feb – 5 Mar; 10 Jun – 4 Jul; 9 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 14 Mar – 25 Apr
Mars retrograde: 22 Jul – 21 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jun – 2 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jan – 28 May
Uranus retrograde: 9 Feb – 10 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 3 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 28 Feb – 3 Aug
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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