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.
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 12°38′♍︎ Virgo 5°47′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°47′♒︎ Aquarius 6°26′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 1°53′♍︎ Virgo 12°49′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°36′♏︎ Scorpio 7°44′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°48′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°47′♒︎ Aquarius 2°00′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°39′♊︎ Gemini 12°00′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 1°53′♓︎ Pisces 27°57′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 20°41′♎︎ Libra 5°14′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°51′♎︎ Libra 28°22′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 25°34′♍︎ Virgo 18°45′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°35′♑︎ Capricorn 19°42′
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: 17 Jan – 8 Feb; 16 May – 9 Jun; 13 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 21 Jan 1509
Venus retrograde: 29 Sept – 9 Nov
Mars retrograde: 24 Jan – 14 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Feb – 25 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Dec 1507 – 28 Apr; 26 Dec – 12 May 1509
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jun – 27 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 27 Apr – 4 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Mar – 13 Aug
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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