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Neptune retrograde 2024

Neptune retrograde 2024: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.3% of 2024. Neptune turned retrograde at 10:41 AM UTC on July 2 at 29°55′ Pisces and turned direct at 11:43 PM UTC on December 7 at 27°07′ Pisces.

Turns retrograde
Jul 2 10:41 AM UTC
Turns direct
Dec 7 11:43 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2024
159 days 43.3% of the year
Sign
Pisces retreats 2.8°

The other planets in 2024: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto.

Neptune Retrograde 2024 Dates: Jul 2 – Dec 7

Neptune’s path through 2024, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2024
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2024. Neptune starts 2024 at 25°04′ Pisces and ends it at 27°17′ Pisces — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.8° in 159 days, from 29°55′ Pisces on Jul 2 back to 27°07′ Pisces on Dec 7. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Aug 19, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2024 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 2023 – Mar 26, 2024Pre-retrograde shadow: Mar 11, 2024 – Jul 2, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 7, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025Retrograde: Jul 2, 2024 – Dec 7, 202425° Pisces26° Pisces27° Pisces28° Pisces29° Pisces0° AriesStations retrograde Jul 2, 2024, 10:41 AM UTC, 29°55′ PiscesR Jul 2Stations direct Dec 7, 2024, 11:43 PM UTC, 27°07′ PiscesD Dec 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2024. Neptune starts 2024 at 25°04′ Pisces and ends it at 27°17′ Pisces — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.8° in 159 days, from 29°55′ Pisces on Jul 2 back to 27°07′ Pisces on Dec 7. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Aug 19, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2024 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 2023 – Mar 26, 2024Pre-retrograde shadow: Mar 11, 2024 – Jul 2, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 7, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025Retrograde: Jul 2, 2024 – Dec 7, 202425° Pisces26° Pisces28° Pisces29° Pisces0° AriesStations retrograde Jul 2, 2024, 10:41 AM UTC, 29°55′ PiscesR Jul 2Stations direct Dec 7, 2024, 11:43 PM UTC, 27°07′ PiscesD Dec 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 2024 at 25°04′ Pisces and ends it at 27°17′ Pisces — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.8° in 159 days, from 29°55′ Pisces on Jul 2 back to 27°07′ Pisces on Dec 7. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Aug 19, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2024 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 2024: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 10:41 AM UTC on July 2, 2024 at 29°55′ Pisces — 6:41 AM in Santiago, 6:41 AM in New York, 11:41 AM in London and 7:41 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Jul 2 · 29°55′ Pisces Sat, Dec 7 · 27°07′ Pisces
Honolulu United States 12:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−10 1:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−8 2:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 3:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−7 3:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 3:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−7 4:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−6 4:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 5:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−5 5:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 4:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−6 5:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−4 6:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 6:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−4 6:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 5:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−5 6:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−5 6:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−4 7:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 6:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−4 8:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−3 8:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC−3 8:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC 11:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+1 11:43 PM Sat, Dec 7 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 11:41 AM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+1 12:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+2 12:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 12:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+2 12:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 12:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+2 1:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3 1:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 1:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3 1:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 1:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3 2:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3 2:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3 2:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:11 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+3:30 3:13 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+4 3:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+5 4:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:11 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+5:30 5:13 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:26 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+5:45 5:28 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+6 5:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+7 6:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+7 6:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+8 7:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+8
Beijing China 6:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+8 7:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+8 7:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+8 7:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+9 8:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+9 8:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:11 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+9:30 10:13 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 8:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+10 9:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+10 10:43 AM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 10:41 PM Tue, Jul 2 · UTC+12 12:43 PM Sun, Dec 8 · UTC+13

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Neptune station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.8 minutes. Near a station Neptune barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

July 2 → December 7, 2024 in Pisces

Stations retrograde Jul 2, 2024, 10:41 AM UTC at 29°55′ Pisces
Stations direct Dec 7, 2024, 11:43 PM UTC at 27°07′ Pisces
Shadow opens Mar 11, 2024, 10:43 AM UTC (113 days before)
Shadow closes Mar 28, 2025, 4:26 PM UTC (111 days after)
Full window including shadows 382 days

Neptune retrograde in Pisces

Neptune retrograde in Pisces, its home sign, clears some of the fog. Illusions become visible, spiritual practices are reassessed, and escapism is questioned. It suits grounding dreams in reality.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Pisces — Jul 2 to Nov 15, 2024 (136 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Aquarius — Jul 2 to Oct 12, 2024 (102 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 5 to Aug 28, 2024 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — Sep 1 to Dec 7, 2024 (97 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — Oct 9 to Dec 7, 2024 (60 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — Nov 26 to Dec 7, 2024 (12 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Leo — Dec 6 to Dec 7, 2024 (1 day of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Pisces and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 2024

Previous

2023 Ended December 6, 2023 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2025 Begins July 4, 2025 and runs 159 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 2024

Neptune through the zodiac in 2024

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2024, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Neptune in Pisces From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

2024 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2024

Uranus in Taurus Aug 29, 2023 – Jan 27, 2024 · 151 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 13, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 · 20 days
Mercury in Aries Apr 1, 2024 – Apr 25, 2024 · 24 days
Pluto in Aquarius May 2, 2024 – Oct 12, 2024 · 162 days
Saturn in Pisces Jun 29, 2024 – Nov 15, 2024 · 139 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 5, 2024 – Aug 28, 2024 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus Sep 1, 2024 – Jan 30, 2025 · 151 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 9, 2024 – Feb 4, 2025 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 26, 2024 – Dec 15, 2024 · 20 days
Mars in Leo Dec 6, 2024 – Feb 24, 2025 · 79 days
← 2023 Neptune retrograde in 2023. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2025 → Neptune retrograde in 2025.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 2024 Dates: Jul 2 – Dec 7.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/2024/

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