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.
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 2°22′♋︎ Cancer 25°25′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 2°37′♌︎ Leo 28°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°04′♑︎ Capricorn 0°44′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 18°06′♌︎ Leo 28°36′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°09′♎︎ Libra 28°14′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°25′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 5°18′♈︎ Aries 23°44′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 28°17′♓︎ Pisces 26°06′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 22°35′♌︎ Leo 6°05′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 12°15′♌︎ Leo 29°50′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 16°22′♌︎ Leo 9°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°00′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 7°21′♍︎ Virgo 3°13′
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: 21 Dec 2799 – 10 Jan; 10 Apr – 3 May; 13 Aug – 6 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 15 Jul – 27 Aug
Mars retrograde: 18 Jan – 8 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Feb – 24 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Nov 2799 – 26 Mar; 27 Nov – 10 Apr 2801
Uranus retrograde: 8 Dec 2799 – 5 May; 12 Dec – 10 May 2801
Neptune retrograde: 26 Mar – 2 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 27 Jun – 9 Dec
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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