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.
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 6°35′♌︎ Leo 4°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°39′♑︎ Capricorn 1°19′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 0°52′♍︎ Virgo 28°05′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°06′♏︎ Scorpio 3°20′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 10°02′♈︎ Aries 23°47′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 5°43′♈︎ Aries 24°01′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 8°17′♓︎ Pisces 4°22′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 12°39′♍︎ Virgo 0°21′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°29′♊︎ Gemini 6°27′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 7°53′♌︎ Leo 5°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°36′
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: 21 Dec 2924 – 10 Jan; 10 Apr – 4 May; 14 Aug – 6 Sept; 5 Dec – 25 Dec
Venus retrograde: 31 Mar – 12 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct – 30 Jan 2926
Saturn retrograde: 17 Feb – 5 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jun – 13 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 1 Jan – 8 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 6 Nov 2924 – 16 Apr; 7 Nov – 18 Apr 2926
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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