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♉︎ Taurus 5°50′♉︎ Taurus 3°51′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 26°23′♊︎ Gemini 22°18′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 26°24′♊︎ Gemini 8°27′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 26°29′♍︎ Virgo 23°42′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 26°33′♍︎ Virgo 16°35′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°30′♒︎ Aquarius 11°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 26°07′♊︎ Gemini 17°21′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 0°24′♓︎ Pisces 23°36′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 6°47′♉︎ Taurus 4°49′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 25°25′♎︎ Libra 9°53′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 0°50′♊︎ Gemini 26°45′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 28°41′♍︎ Virgo 25°54′
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: 30 Jan – 21 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 27 Sept – 18 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Oct 1612 – 13 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jan – 13 May
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jul – 26 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 1 Oct 1612 – 28 Feb; 6 Oct – 5 Mar 1614
Neptune retrograde: 28 Dec 1612 – 4 Jun; 30 Dec – 6 Jun 1614
Pluto retrograde: 5 Aug 1612 – 17 Jan; 6 Aug – 18 Jan 1614
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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