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.
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 14°33′♉︎ Taurus 27°45′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 13°35′♌︎ Leo 3°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°42′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°22′♏︎ Scorpio 17°33′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 29°01′♈︎ Aries 17°59′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°48′♑︎ Capricorn 9°50′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°45′♑︎ Capricorn 13°59′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°50′♒︎ Aquarius 0°11′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°19′♌︎ Leo 21°00′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°54′♌︎ Leo 23°03′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°54′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 14°37′♍︎ Virgo 4°37′
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: 14 Dec 1990 – 3 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Aug – 13 Sept
Mars retrograde: 20 Oct 1990 – 1 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Nov 1990 – 30 Mar; 30 Dec – 30 Apr 1992
Saturn retrograde: 17 May – 5 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 18 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 19 Apr – 26 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 22 Feb – 28 Jul
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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