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.
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 21°46′♍︎ Virgo 14°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°45′♑︎ Capricorn 21°44′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 15°27′♓︎ Pisces 29°11′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°18′♑︎ Capricorn 0°39′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 1°44′♉︎ Taurus 22°52′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°28′♒︎ Aquarius 23°41′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°01′♒︎ Aquarius 17°09′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 26°37′♓︎ Pisces 22°42′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 6°13′♍︎ Virgo 21°36′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 19°41′♌︎ Leo 0°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°47′♑︎ Capricorn 5°33′
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: 11 Jan – 1 Feb; 7 May – 31 May; 7 Sept – 29 Sept; 26 Dec – 15 Jan 2010
Venus retrograde: 6 Mar – 17 Apr
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec – 10 Mar 2010
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 31 Dec 2008 – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 1 Jul – 1 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 29 May – 4 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Apr – 11 Sept
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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