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♉︎ Taurus 6°36′♉︎ Taurus 2°38′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°53′♒︎ Aquarius 28°12′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°59′♑︎ Capricorn 22°29′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°57′♑︎ Capricorn 25°20′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 21°50′♊︎ Gemini 5°20′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°14′♑︎ Capricorn 17°24′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 14°45′♋︎ Cancer 5°29′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 20°57′♓︎ Pisces 18°09′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 10°41′♉︎ Taurus 6°43′
- Mars65 days♈︎ Aries 28°08′♈︎ Aries 15°13′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°40′♎︎ Libra 25°53′
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: 17 Feb – 10 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 14 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 13 May – 25 Jun
Mars retrograde: 9 Sept – 14 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 11 May – 29 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 12 Aug 2019 – 11 Jan; 15 Aug – 14 Jan 2021
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jun – 29 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Apr – 4 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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