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 15°22′♉︎ Taurus 13°23′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 7°20′♋︎ Cancer 18°36′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 24°26′♌︎ Leo 14°23′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°57′♑︎ Capricorn 17°41′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 2°28′♉︎ Taurus 16°05′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 24°40′♉︎ Taurus 14°38′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°20′♒︎ Aquarius 9°41′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 22°58′♓︎ Pisces 19°03′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 4°22′♈︎ Aries 1°34′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 16°20′♉︎ Taurus 14°21′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 1°15′♍︎ Virgo 17°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°07′♑︎ Capricorn 1°47′
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: 7 Jan – 27 Jan; 29 Apr – 23 May; 1 Sept – 24 Sept; 22 Dec – 10 Jan 2846
Venus retrograde: 22 Apr – 4 Jun
Mars retrograde: 8 Dec 2844 – 24 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Dec 2844 – 9 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 25 May – 13 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jun – 27 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jul – 12 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 14 Aug 2844 – 26 Jan; 15 Aug – 27 Jan 2846
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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