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♌︎ Leo 6°00′♌︎ Leo 3°11′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 21°50′♋︎ Cancer 3°15′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 0°40′♍︎ Virgo 23°50′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°19′♒︎ Aquarius 6°35′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°21′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°46′♑︎ Capricorn 21°49′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°22′♑︎ Capricorn 7°32′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 18°48′♊︎ Gemini 10°14′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°14′♎︎ Libra 6°09′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°42′♏︎ Scorpio 2°08′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 8°13′♌︎ Leo 5°24′
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 Jan – 16 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 12 Oct – 23 Nov
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov 2244 – 8 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jan – 26 May
Uranus retrograde: 30 Apr – 1 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 Nov 2244 – 13 Apr; 10 Nov – 16 Apr 2246
Pluto retrograde: 12 Mar – 16 Aug
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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