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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 4°09′♋︎ Cancer 2°02′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°14′♍︎ Virgo 8°15′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 0°12′♒︎ Aquarius 15°08′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°25′♒︎ Aquarius 2°38′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°27′♊︎ Gemini 21°35′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 18°08′♓︎ Pisces 14°12′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 2°08′♓︎ Pisces 25°19′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 22°35′♓︎ Pisces 11°52′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 29°06′♎︎ Libra 13°29′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 5°17′♋︎ Cancer 3°10′
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: 3 Feb – 25 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 30 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 8 Aug – 8 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jan – 4 May
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jul – 27 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jun – 22 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 4 Oct 1671 – 15 Mar; 4 Oct – 16 Mar 1673
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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