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.
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 4°03′♓︎ Pisces 20°52′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°44′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°12′♎︎ Libra 24°26′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°22′♒︎ Aquarius 1°35′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°47′♒︎ Aquarius 12°51′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 9°29′♋︎ Cancer 28°35′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 5°07′♌︎ Leo 18°47′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°59′♈︎ Aries 25°00′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 17°10′♉︎ Taurus 10°17′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°43′♏︎ Scorpio 15°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: 10 Mar – 2 Apr; 12 Jul – 6 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus retrograde: 30 Jul – 11 Sept
Mars retrograde: 18 Mar – 4 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 20 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug – 12 Jan 2000
Uranus retrograde: 21 May – 23 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 7 May – 14 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 13 Mar – 19 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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