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 27°15′♉︎ Taurus 23°15′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°20′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 6°10′♋︎ Cancer 17°00′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 10°50′♓︎ Pisces 24°37′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°35′♓︎ Pisces 26°49′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°49′♒︎ Aquarius 1°22′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 2°10′♓︎ Pisces 29°22′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 1°56′♓︎ Pisces 25°09′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°34′♌︎ Leo 4°14′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 1°27′♉︎ Taurus 27°27′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°51′♏︎ Scorpio 20°42′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 25°09′♋︎ Cancer 15°05′
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: 15 Mar – 7 Apr; 18 Jul – 11 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus retrograde: 2 Mar – 13 Apr
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec 2024 – 24 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct 2024 – 4 Feb; 11 Nov – 11 Mar 2026
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jul – 28 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 1 Sept 2024 – 30 Jan; 6 Sept – 4 Feb 2026
Neptune retrograde: 4 Jul – 10 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 4 May – 14 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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