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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°13′♑︎ Capricorn 2°58′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 5°55′♍︎ Virgo 16°44′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°49′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°39′♈︎ Aries 29°28′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°57′♑︎ Capricorn 27°10′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°40′♒︎ Aquarius 4°44′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°56′♒︎ Aquarius 12°05′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 20°21′♈︎ Aries 13°32′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°13′♍︎ Virgo 2°42′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°03′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°56′♑︎ Capricorn 18°28′
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: 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan; 15 Apr – 8 May; 17 Aug – 10 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Dec – 5 Feb 1998
Mars retrograde: 6 Feb – 27 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 1 Aug – 16 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 13 May – 14 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 1 May – 9 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 8 Mar – 13 Aug
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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