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.
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 0°07′♈︎ Aries 26°11′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 18°44′♌︎ Leo 16°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°02′♑︎ Capricorn 2°43′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 19°23′♎︎ Libra 12°34′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 7°47′♈︎ Aries 26°35′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 19°40′♈︎ Aries 16°51′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 4°07′♉︎ Taurus 0°11′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 14°47′♍︎ Virgo 2°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 22°56′♍︎ Virgo 6°37′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°58′♊︎ Gemini 11°55′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 20°14′♌︎ Leo 17°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°57′
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: 23 Dec 2687 – 12 Jan; 12 Apr – 6 May; 15 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Aug – 28 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct – 4 Feb 2689
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jan – 13 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 4 Aug 2687 – 4 Jan; 8 Aug – 7 Jan 2689
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jul – 27 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 19 Nov 2687 – 28 Apr; 20 Nov – 29 Apr 2689
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.
The arithmetic is free. It stays free.
You do not need an account to compute. You need one to save a chart, compare charts and read an interpretation.