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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 26°09′♊︎ Gemini 24°09′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°52′♋︎ Cancer 6°03′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°41′♋︎ Cancer 21°44′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 22°47′♍︎ Virgo 18°37′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 23°22′♓︎ Pisces 8°32′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 29°02′♋︎ Cancer 12°31′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°48′♋︎ Cancer 15°42′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°04′♈︎ Aries 14°09′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 27°07′♊︎ Gemini 25°08′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 11°06′♋︎ Cancer 8°17′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°22′♏︎ Scorpio 6°40′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 12°43′♌︎ Leo 5°46′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 27°34′♍︎ Virgo 23°24′
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: 26 Feb – 19 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 23 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 19 Jun – 1 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Aug – 8 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 9 Nov 2887 – 22 Mar; 22 Nov – 5 Apr 2889
Uranus retrograde: 27 Dec 2887 – 25 May; 31 Dec – 30 May 2889
Neptune retrograde: 11 Oct 2887 – 16 Mar; 13 Oct – 18 Mar 2889
Pluto retrograde: 25 Sept 2887 – 7 Mar; 25 Sept – 8 Mar 2889
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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