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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 25°14′♈︎ Aries 23°14′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 9°24′♉︎ Taurus 5°24′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 2°24′♌︎ Leo 29°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°39′♑︎ Capricorn 5°29′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 21°44′♍︎ Virgo 2°25′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 22°09′♎︎ Libra 12°15′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°04′♏︎ Scorpio 15°26′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°35′♉︎ Taurus 4°06′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°12′♈︎ Aries 24°13′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 13°31′♉︎ Taurus 9°32′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°23′♍︎ Virgo 5°18′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 4°36′♍︎ Virgo 1°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°27′
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: 26 Dec 1601 – 15 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 21 Aug – 13 Sept; 10 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 22 Jan – 13 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Feb – 9 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 20 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 14 Aug 1601 – 13 Jan; 19 Aug – 17 Jan 1603
Neptune retrograde: 4 Dec 1601 – 10 May; 7 Dec – 13 May 1603
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jul 1601 – 6 Jan; 26 Jul – 8 Jan 1603
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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