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♊︎ Gemini 20°22′♊︎ Gemini 18°23′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 25°23′♊︎ Gemini 22°34′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 24°21′♌︎ Leo 20°13′
- Jupiter122 days♎︎ Libra 8°26′♍︎ Virgo 28°27′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 9°01′♒︎ Aquarius 23°19′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 13°51′♒︎ Aquarius 28°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°10′♋︎ Cancer 4°28′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 19°33′♉︎ Taurus 12°41′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 21°19′♊︎ Gemini 19°21′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 27°38′♊︎ Gemini 24°49′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°59′♎︎ Libra 27°31′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 29°03′♌︎ Leo 24°55′
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: 16 Feb – 10 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 14 Oct – 4 Nov
Venus retrograde: 29 Jan – 11 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Jan – 24 May
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug – 13 Jan 2883
Uranus retrograde: 28 Nov 2881 – 26 Apr; 3 Dec – 1 May 2883
Neptune retrograde: 27 Sept 2881 – 3 Mar; 29 Sept – 5 Mar 2883
Pluto retrograde: 18 Sept 2881 – 2 Mar; 19 Sept – 3 Mar 2883
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.
The arithmetic is free. It stays free.
You do not need an account to compute. You need one to save a chart, compare charts and read an interpretation.