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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 10°02′♊︎ Gemini 3°06′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 18°11′♋︎ Cancer 15°23′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 15°30′♓︎ Pisces 0°46′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°44′♏︎ Scorpio 15°54′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 17°16′♋︎ Cancer 8°02′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 5°42′♉︎ Taurus 25°40′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°07′♊︎ Gemini 17°10′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°05′♏︎ Scorpio 4°33′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°20′♎︎ Libra 28°35′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 20°25′♋︎ Cancer 17°37′
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: 19 Feb – 13 Mar; 21 Jun – 15 Jul; 17 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 Oct – 25 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 2238
Saturn retrograde: 21 Sept 2236 – 3 Feb; 6 Oct – 17 Feb 2238
Uranus retrograde: 26 Mar – 26 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 Oct 2236 – 26 Mar; 23 Oct – 29 Mar 2238
Pluto retrograde: 20 Feb – 26 Jul
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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