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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 21°39′♍︎ Virgo 17°30′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 27°17′♍︎ Virgo 20°24′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°09′♒︎ Aquarius 12°19′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°36′♏︎ Scorpio 9°52′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°54′♑︎ Capricorn 1°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°03′♊︎ Gemini 15°27′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 3°07′♈︎ Aries 0°58′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°30′♓︎ Pisces 7°39′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 27°05′♎︎ Libra 12°07′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 26°26′♍︎ Virgo 22°17′
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: 1 Feb – 22 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 2 Apr – 18 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jul – 2 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jan – 21 May
Uranus retrograde: 27 Dec 2803 – 24 May; 31 Dec – 29 May 2805
Neptune retrograde: 4 Apr – 11 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 2 Jul – 14 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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