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.
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 5°33′♉︎ Taurus 3°32′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 17°56′♎︎ Libra 11°07′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 21°16′♎︎ Libra 11°19′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 29°15′♓︎ Pisces 14°48′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°37′♒︎ Aquarius 8°40′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 12°04′♓︎ Pisces 9°16′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 2°02′♋︎ Cancer 22°31′
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 6°33′♉︎ Taurus 4°32′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 21°54′♎︎ Libra 5°52′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°02′♏︎ Scorpio 12°12′
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: 5 Mar – 27 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 31 Oct – 20 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 Sept – 28 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Feb – 7 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jan – 12 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 17 May – 18 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 14 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Aug 2834 – 17 Jan; 5 Aug – 18 Jan 2836
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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