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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 18°50′♌︎ Leo 16°31′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 20°32′♎︎ Libra 17°45′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 24°25′♓︎ Pisces 9°36′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°02′♒︎ Aquarius 18°24′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 2°01′♒︎ Aquarius 22°10′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°56′♋︎ Cancer 16°48′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 14°00′♈︎ Aries 10°05′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 17°39′♓︎ Pisces 7°42′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°25′♏︎ Scorpio 7°43′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°58′♏︎ Scorpio 20°27′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 20°17′♌︎ Leo 17°57′
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: 28 Feb – 22 Mar; 29 Jun – 24 Jul; 26 Oct – 15 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 Oct – 11 Dec
Mars retrograde: 5 Aug – 4 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jun – 22 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jul – 19 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jan – 28 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 19 Nov 2933 – 28 Apr; 20 Nov – 30 Apr 2935
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.