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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 18°23′♋︎ Cancer 16°12′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 9°17′♊︎ Gemini 20°59′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 1°23′♌︎ Leo 28°35′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°23′♒︎ Aquarius 8°53′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 8°02′♈︎ Aries 21°38′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°26′♊︎ Gemini 13°52′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 11°22′♈︎ Aries 7°27′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 23°21′♎︎ Libra 8°02′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°24′♊︎ Gemini 6°21′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 19°37′♋︎ Cancer 17°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°35′♍︎ Virgo 0°47′
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; 28 May – 21 Jun; 25 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 30 Mar – 11 May
Mars retrograde: 12 Nov 1928 – 27 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct – 31 Jan 1930
Saturn retrograde: 9 Apr – 29 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jul – 17 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Dec 1928 – 9 May; 6 Dec – 12 May 1930
Pluto retrograde: 19 Oct 1928 – 30 Mar; 21 Oct – 31 Mar 1930
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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