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♋︎ Cancer 3°53′♋︎ Cancer 1°45′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 7°29′♌︎ Leo 4°41′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 25°36′♌︎ Leo 6°06′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°41′♓︎ Pisces 12°32′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°29′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 8°04′♈︎ Aries 21°36′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°58′♑︎ Capricorn 12°08′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°03′♋︎ Cancer 20°07′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 12°50′♈︎ Aries 8°54′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 5°02′♋︎ Cancer 2°54′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°15′♏︎ Scorpio 7°09′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 9°42′♌︎ Leo 6°53′
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 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 20 Jul; 19 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus retrograde: 21 Mar – 3 May
Mars retrograde: 18 Dec 1426 – 9 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 1 May – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 11 Mar – 30 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jul – 9 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 1 Nov 1426 – 7 Apr; 3 Nov – 8 Apr 1428
Pluto retrograde: 26 Sept 1426 – 7 Mar; 27 Sept – 7 Mar 1428
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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