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.
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°26′♉︎ Taurus 8°28′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 16°20′♊︎ Gemini 12°18′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 22°41′♍︎ Virgo 15°51′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 27°27′♍︎ Virgo 17°29′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 15°20′♒︎ Aquarius 29°20′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°00′♒︎ Aquarius 29°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 16°34′♋︎ Cancer 7°04′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 3°52′♈︎ Aries 1°04′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 11°23′♉︎ Taurus 9°25′
- Mars64 days♈︎ Aries 19°14′♈︎ Aries 6°51′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 20°41′♊︎ Gemini 16°38′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°39′♎︎ Libra 26°49′
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: 17 Feb – 12 Mar; 20 Jun – 14 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus retrograde: 5 Feb – 18 Mar
Mars retrograde: 2 Sept – 5 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jan – 14 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jan – 18 May
Uranus retrograde: 21 Sept 1861 – 19 Feb; 26 Sept – 23 Feb 1863
Neptune retrograde: 7 Jul – 12 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 9 Aug 1861 – 22 Jan; 11 Aug – 23 Jan 1863
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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