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.
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 11°01′♍︎ Virgo 4°07′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 11°28′♎︎ Libra 1°30′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°15′♏︎ Scorpio 3°26′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°27′♏︎ Scorpio 5°20′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 24°18′♈︎ Aries 8°05′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°19′♓︎ Pisces 27°03′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°29′♑︎ Capricorn 6°43′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°41′♌︎ Leo 4°53′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 16°02′♉︎ Taurus 29°47′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°08′♏︎ Scorpio 22°02′
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: 16 Mar – 7 Apr; 18 Jul – 11 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 Mar – 26 Apr
Mars retrograde: 22 Oct – 2 Jan 2480
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jan – 28 May
Saturn retrograde: 21 Dec 2478 – 5 May
Uranus retrograde: 12 Feb – 13 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 10 Apr – 17 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 7 Feb – 13 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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