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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 20°50′♋︎ Cancer 16°44′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 12°56′♍︎ Virgo 10°22′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°38′♑︎ Capricorn 29°38′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°39′♎︎ Libra 22°44′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°25′♏︎ Scorpio 16°39′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°44′♎︎ Libra 18°17′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°44′♏︎ Scorpio 25°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°52′♊︎ Gemini 1°02′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°13′♍︎ Virgo 29°34′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°22′♏︎ Scorpio 13°54′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 25°21′♋︎ Cancer 21°15′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 14°55′♍︎ Virgo 12°19′
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 Jan – 9 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 14 Sept – 6 Oct
Venus retrograde: 23 Oct – 4 Dec
Mars retrograde: 10 Mar – 28 May
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Feb – 18 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 10 Mar – 28 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 26 Oct 2455 – 24 Mar; 30 Oct – 28 Mar 2457
Neptune retrograde: 19 Feb – 27 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 14 Dec 2455 – 20 May; 16 Dec – 23 May 2457
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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