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.
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 18°15′♉︎ Taurus 16°16′
- Mercury22 days♈︎ Aries 1°57′♓︎ Pisces 17°40′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°24′♏︎ Scorpio 15°30′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 21°38′♓︎ Pisces 14°55′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 9°44′♋︎ Cancer 23°12′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 5°12′♋︎ Cancer 25°30′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 4°50′♈︎ Aries 0°55′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 11°05′♈︎ Aries 8°17′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 19°12′♉︎ Taurus 17°14′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°38′♏︎ Scorpio 14°44′
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: 6 Mar – 29 Mar; 7 Jul – 1 Aug; 1 Nov – 22 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Jul – 13 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Mar – 11 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jul – 17 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jul – 9 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jul – 18 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 17 Aug 2847 – 30 Jan; 17 Aug – 30 Jan 2849
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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