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.
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 4°44′♎︎ Libra 1°56′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 25°20′♍︎ Virgo 15°20′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 22°51′♓︎ Pisces 8°05′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°03′♒︎ Aquarius 0°31′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°33′♋︎ Cancer 15°22′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 29°38′♓︎ Pisces 25°42′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 1°56′♈︎ Aries 25°07′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°34′♎︎ Libra 26°49′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°48′♏︎ Scorpio 6°04′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 18°27′♊︎ Gemini 2°25′
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: 27 Feb – 21 Mar; 29 Jun – 23 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 7 Oct – 18 Nov
Mars retrograde: 26 Oct – 5 Jan 2764
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jan – 12 May
Saturn retrograde: 13 Aug – 28 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jul – 5 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jan – 13 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 4 May – 13 Oct
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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