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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 19°03′♋︎ Cancer 14°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°49′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 1°08′♍︎ Virgo 28°28′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 23°44′♍︎ Virgo 4°14′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°54′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°18′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 3°57′♈︎ Aries 22°04′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 12°00′♓︎ Pisces 2°09′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 10°48′♌︎ Leo 28°41′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°49′♏︎ Scorpio 13°14′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 23°30′♋︎ Cancer 19°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°06′
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: 20 Dec 2957 – 8 Jan; 8 Apr – 2 May; 12 Aug – 5 Sept; 3 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Oct – 4 Dec
Mars retrograde: 23 Jan – 14 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jun – 28 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 1 Apr – 19 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 24 Oct 2957 – 23 Mar; 29 Oct – 27 Mar 2959
Neptune retrograde: 14 Mar – 21 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 2 Jan – 8 Jun
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.