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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 4°53′♉︎ Taurus 0°55′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 4°59′♌︎ Leo 2°42′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°38′♑︎ Capricorn 16°29′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 11°23′♎︎ Libra 4°35′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 19°39′♎︎ Libra 0°44′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 15°40′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 1°40′♒︎ Aquarius 21°49′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 28°10′♓︎ Pisces 25°22′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 8°56′♉︎ Taurus 4°58′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 0°37′♍︎ Virgo 16°26′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 6°24′♌︎ Leo 4°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°44′♑︎ Capricorn 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: 6 Jan – 26 Jan; 30 Apr – 24 May; 1 Sept – 24 Sept; 21 Dec – 10 Jan 2188
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Feb – 11 May
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 17 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jan – 6 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 9 Aug 2186 – 8 Jan; 14 Aug – 13 Jan 2188
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jun – 6 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 5 Nov 2186 – 15 Apr; 6 Nov – 15 Apr 2188
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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