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.
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 28°48′♋︎ Cancer 25°59′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°45′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 3°26′♓︎ Pisces 20°07′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°16′♎︎ Libra 27°36′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°24′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°29′♑︎ Capricorn 23°32′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°36′♑︎ Capricorn 16°00′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°39′♋︎ Cancer 27°54′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 13°09′♈︎ Aries 11°05′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°01′♋︎ Cancer 28°13′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°15′♏︎ Scorpio 15°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: 8 Mar – 31 Mar; 11 Jul – 4 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 2 Dec 2077 – 11 Jan
Mars retrograde: 21 Mar – 6 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 1 May – 19 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 1 May – 2 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 31 Oct 2077 – 5 Apr; 2 Nov – 8 Apr 2079
Pluto retrograde: 12 Jul – 25 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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