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.
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 17°13′♎︎ Libra 10°23′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°02′♒︎ Aquarius 7°00′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°49′♏︎ Scorpio 7°42′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°08′♏︎ Scorpio 27°19′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°59′♒︎ Aquarius 2°13′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 17°09′♊︎ Gemini 8°18′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°11′♓︎ Pisces 12°19′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°40′♎︎ Libra 7°03′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°45′♏︎ Scorpio 6°03′
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: 26 Jan – 16 Feb; 22 May – 15 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 16 Oct – 26 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jul – 7 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jan – 11 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 14 Feb – 15 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 6 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 2 Mar – 6 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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