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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 22°44′♊︎ Gemini 19°55′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 26°51′♊︎ Gemini 10°07′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 6°06′♍︎ Virgo 1°58′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 14°11′♎︎ Libra 11°27′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 14°00′♎︎ Libra 7°10′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°02′♎︎ Libra 28°07′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 21°48′♓︎ Pisces 7°01′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 7°22′♊︎ Gemini 20°52′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 23°25′♋︎ Cancer 14°15′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 24°59′♊︎ Gemini 22°10′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°45′♏︎ Scorpio 5°01′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 10°51′♍︎ Virgo 6°43′
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: 25 Feb – 19 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 23 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 29 May – 11 Jul
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov 2716 – 13 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Feb – 25 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 23 Jan – 9 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 11 Dec 2716 – 9 May; 16 Dec – 14 May 2718
Neptune retrograde: 25 Sept 2716 – 1 Mar; 28 Sept – 3 Mar 2718
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jan – 21 Jun
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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