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.
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 28°31′♈︎ Aries 24°34′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°13′♏︎ Scorpio 13°20′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 16°54′♈︎ Aries 4°46′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°08′♑︎ Capricorn 2°32′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°17′♑︎ Capricorn 18°45′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 16°29′♓︎ Pisces 13°41′
- Mars62 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°13′♑︎ Capricorn 28°36′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°27′♌︎ Leo 11°31′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 2°33′♈︎ Aries 28°36′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°50′♎︎ Libra 25°14′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°29′♏︎ Scorpio 27°16′
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 Mar – 15 Apr; 26 Jul – 19 Aug; 17 Nov – 6 Dec
Venus retrograde: 5 Oct – 16 Nov
Mars retrograde: 26 Jun – 27 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Mar – 10 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 18 Apr – 6 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 3 Aug 2017 – 2 Jan; 7 Aug – 6 Jan 2019
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jun – 25 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 22 Apr – 1 Oct
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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