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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 26°35′♋︎ Cancer 23°46′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°33′♏︎ Scorpio 4°40′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 20°48′♈︎ Aries 8°56′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°14′♑︎ Capricorn 4°38′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°20′♑︎ Capricorn 19°22′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 12°05′♈︎ Aries 10°02′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°31′♌︎ Leo 15°21′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 28°48′♋︎ Cancer 25°59′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°51′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°45′
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: 26 Mar – 18 Apr; 29 Jul – 22 Aug; 20 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 2 Dec – 11 Jan 2078
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Feb – 1 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 7 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 26 Apr – 27 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 28 Oct 2076 – 3 Apr; 31 Oct – 5 Apr 2078
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 23 Dec
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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