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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°06′♋︎ Cancer 0°02′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°42′♏︎ Scorpio 1°52′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°37′♓︎ Pisces 27°33′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°51′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°49′♑︎ Capricorn 23°52′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°15′♒︎ Aquarius 13°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°07′♌︎ Leo 4°08′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°41′♏︎ Scorpio 3°15′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°04′♏︎ Scorpio 19°51′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 12°20′♌︎ Leo 2°18′
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: 6 Mar – 29 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 31 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Oct – 14 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Oct 1491 – 15 Feb; 19 Nov – 19 Mar 1493
Saturn retrograde: 21 May – 8 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 Apr – 24 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 22 Mar – 29 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jan – 3 Jul
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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