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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 16°42′♊︎ Gemini 14°41′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 27°01′♊︎ Gemini 24°12′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°09′♓︎ Pisces 26°31′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°27′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°00′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°25′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 24°00′♋︎ Cancer 7°29′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°15′♌︎ Leo 3°48′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 17°41′♊︎ Gemini 15°41′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 29°15′♊︎ Gemini 26°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°17′♏︎ Scorpio 20°07′
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: 15 Mar – 7 Apr; 18 Jul – 11 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Jun – 30 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 29 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 14 Apr – 2 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 17 Mar – 17 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 30 Sept 1899 – 5 Mar; 2 Oct – 8 Mar 1901
Pluto retrograde: 16 Sept 1899 – 27 Feb; 17 Sept – 28 Feb 1901
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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