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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°37′♒︎ Aquarius 9°38′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°45′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°11′♑︎ Capricorn 7°10′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°17′♊︎ Gemini 11°31′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 3°39′♓︎ Pisces 0°52′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 20°45′♓︎ Pisces 14°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°51′♌︎ Leo 21°23′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°20′♈︎ Aries 24°24′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 24°22′♎︎ Libra 9°39′
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: 29 Jan – 19 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 25 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 Jul – 12 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Aug – 19 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jun – 17 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 15 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 5 Jun – 11 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Apr – 9 Sept
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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