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 14°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°19′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°09′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°09′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 2°12′♈︎ Aries 20°07′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°07′♑︎ Capricorn 27°30′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°47′♒︎ Aquarius 22°00′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 8°56′♌︎ Leo 27°00′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°37′
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: 18 Dec 2990 – 7 Jan; 7 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 3 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 13 May – 1 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 28 Mar – 27 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 26 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Mar – 30 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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