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 23°00′♊︎ Gemini 18°56′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 5°06′♌︎ Leo 2°45′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 27°01′♍︎ Virgo 17°03′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 11°50′♌︎ Leo 22°22′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 9°23′♓︎ Pisces 27°01′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°09′♑︎ Capricorn 20°32′
- Neptune158 days♓︎ Pisces 28°48′♓︎ Pisces 26°00′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 15°42′♌︎ Leo 3°58′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 27°25′♊︎ Gemini 23°20′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 6°37′♌︎ Leo 4°15′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°11′♏︎ Scorpio 19°59′
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: 14 Mar – 6 Apr; 17 Jul – 10 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 11 Jan – 2 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Jan – 12 May
Saturn retrograde: 5 May – 23 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 28 Sept 1695 – 25 Feb; 2 Oct – 28 Feb 1697
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jun – 6 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 5 Nov 1695 – 14 Apr; 6 Nov – 15 Apr 1697
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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