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.
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 17°13′♎︎ Libra 10°26′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 24°21′♈︎ Aries 12°53′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°30′♑︎ Capricorn 4°53′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 0°55′♒︎ Aquarius 28°08′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 4°33′♈︎ Aries 0°38′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°12′♌︎ Leo 18°41′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°21′♉︎ Taurus 0°21′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°51′
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: 30 Mar – 23 Apr; 3 Aug – 26 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jan – 13 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jul – 10 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jun – 9 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 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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