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♊︎ Gemini 7°47′♊︎ Gemini 3°45′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 23°58′♎︎ Libra 5°43′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°53′♓︎ Pisces 25°37′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°16′♑︎ Capricorn 16°46′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 12°33′♓︎ Pisces 9°45′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 4°22′♓︎ Pisces 27°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 14°15′♌︎ Leo 2°26′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°45′♉︎ Taurus 5°44′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 12°07′♊︎ Gemini 8°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°33′♏︎ Scorpio 18°21′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 7 Jul – 31 Jul; 29 Oct – 18 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 17 Feb – 6 May
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 21 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jul – 21 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 3 Sept 1524 – 31 Jan; 8 Sept – 5 Feb 1526
Neptune retrograde: 5 Jun – 11 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 11 Apr – 19 Sept
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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