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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 18°55′♉︎ Taurus 14°56′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 25°36′♊︎ Gemini 8°07′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°21′♑︎ Capricorn 8°08′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°37′♉︎ Taurus 5°50′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°21′♑︎ Capricorn 27°53′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 7°12′♓︎ Pisces 0°30′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 27°41′♓︎ Pisces 24°53′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 28°36′♌︎ Leo 12°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°51′♍︎ Virgo 8°00′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 23°04′♉︎ Taurus 19°05′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°34′♉︎ Taurus 5°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°10′
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: 29 Dec 2022 – 18 Jan; 21 Apr – 15 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 2024
Venus retrograde: 23 Jul – 4 Sept
Mars retrograde: 30 Oct 2022 – 12 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jun – 4 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 24 Aug 2022 – 22 Jan; 29 Aug – 27 Jan 2024
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jun – 6 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 1 May – 11 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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