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 18°03′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 28°37′♌︎ Leo 25°49′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 25°46′♌︎ Leo 18°51′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 19°41′♍︎ Virgo 9°41′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 23°48′♈︎ Aries 11°44′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°50′♒︎ Aquarius 18°54′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 0°27′♌︎ Leo 18°29′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 19°13′♋︎ Cancer 17°05′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°07′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°50′♌︎ Leo 28°02′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 9°27′♍︎ Virgo 2°34′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 20°48′♌︎ Leo 1°30′
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: 30 Mar – 22 Apr; 2 Aug – 26 Aug; 24 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 22 Dec – 10 Mar 2420
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jan – 6 May
Saturn retrograde: 6 Dec 2418 – 20 Apr; 20 Dec – 3 May 2420
Uranus retrograde: 27 May – 29 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 30 Nov 2418 – 6 May; 3 Dec – 8 May 2420
Pluto retrograde: 18 Oct 2418 – 30 Mar; 20 Oct – 30 Mar 2420
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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