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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 1°26′♊︎ Gemini 29°22′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 14°43′♎︎ Libra 4°47′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°39′♒︎ Aquarius 14°13′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 28°48′♎︎ Libra 22°03′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°08′♑︎ Capricorn 12°10′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°03′♑︎ Capricorn 23°17′
- Mars68 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°08′♊︎ Gemini 19°31′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 22°02′♋︎ Cancer 5°31′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 28°39′♎︎ Libra 13°17′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 2°29′♋︎ Cancer 0°26′
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: 3 Feb – 24 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 30 Sept – 22 Oct
Venus retrograde: 14 Jun – 27 Jul
Mars retrograde: 20 May – 27 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jan – 1 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 25 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 28 Apr – 5 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 1 Oct 2158 – 13 Mar; 2 Oct – 14 Mar 2160
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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