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.
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 10°12′♋︎ Cancer 8°08′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 29°27′♌︎ Leo 10°04′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 29°10′♍︎ Virgo 22°19′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 16°33′♎︎ Libra 6°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 4°44′♓︎ Pisces 20°50′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°26′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°39′♒︎ Aquarius 7°52′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°57′♋︎ Cancer 28°49′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 11°16′♋︎ Cancer 9°12′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°06′♏︎ Scorpio 17°07′
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 – 5 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Dec 2656 – 20 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jan – 2 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jan – 24 May
Uranus retrograde: 1 Apr – 1 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 12 May – 19 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 9 Oct 2656 – 22 Mar; 11 Oct – 23 Mar 2658
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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