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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 23°06′♈︎ Aries 21°03′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 18°05′♌︎ Leo 15°16′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 26°33′♌︎ Leo 7°12′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 5°19′♓︎ Pisces 21°33′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°58′♑︎ Capricorn 13°59′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 6°50′♉︎ Taurus 20°25′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°46′♑︎ Capricorn 14°09′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°13′♒︎ Aquarius 12°22′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 9°48′♋︎ Cancer 29°31′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 24°08′♈︎ Aries 22°06′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°34′♏︎ Scorpio 17°33′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 20°17′♌︎ Leo 17°29′
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: 10 Mar – 2 Apr; 12 Jul – 6 Aug; 5 Nov – 26 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Apr – 9 Jun
Mars retrograde: 27 Dec 2577 – 17 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 29 Apr – 17 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 21 Apr – 22 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 19 Nov 2577 – 25 Apr; 22 Nov – 28 Apr 2579
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jul 2577 – 4 Jan; 24 Jul – 5 Jan 2579
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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