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 23°04′♉︎ Taurus 19°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°10′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 27°13′♈︎ Aries 15°58′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°06′♑︎ Capricorn 29°38′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 19°25′♓︎ Pisces 12°41′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 29°55′♓︎ Pisces 27°07′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 4°06′♌︎ Leo 21°24′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 27°15′♉︎ Taurus 23°15′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°20′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°23′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 6°10′♋︎ Cancer 17°00′
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: 13 Dec 2023 – 2 Jan; 1 Apr – 25 Apr; 5 Aug – 28 Aug; 26 Nov – 15 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec – 24 Feb 2025
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct – 4 Feb 2025
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jun – 15 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 29 Aug 2023 – 27 Jan; 1 Sept – 30 Jan 2025
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jul – 7 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 2 May – 12 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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