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♒︎ Aquarius 16°19′♒︎ Aquarius 0°11′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 17°04′♎︎ Libra 7°06′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 21°37′♈︎ Aries 5°30′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°18′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°12′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°15′♑︎ Capricorn 4°38′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°59′♉︎ Taurus 29°45′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°22′♒︎ Aquarius 17°35′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 14°32′♎︎ Libra 0°17′
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: 19 Jan – 9 Feb; 13 May – 6 Jun; 14 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 12 Mar – 23 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jan – 2 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 7 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 18 Mar – 17 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 May – 28 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Mar – 25 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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