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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°15′♑︎ Capricorn 4°55′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°21′♏︎ Scorpio 5°35′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°15′♏︎ Scorpio 17°08′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°39′♈︎ Aries 28°14′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°23′♒︎ Aquarius 6°36′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 3°12′♊︎ Gemini 16°43′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 16°40′♍︎ Virgo 4°09′
- Jupiter117 days♊︎ Gemini 5°56′♉︎ Taurus 25°56′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°11′
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: 25 Dec 2983 – 14 Jan; 14 Apr – 7 May; 17 Aug – 10 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 May – 6 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Sept – 19 Jan 2985
Saturn retrograde: 20 Feb – 7 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 24 Feb – 24 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 10 May – 17 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Mar – 11 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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