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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 18°16′♉︎ Taurus 15°27′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 16°54′♍︎ Virgo 14°14′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°28′♌︎ Leo 25°27′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 10°22′♎︎ Libra 6°14′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°58′♑︎ Capricorn 29°15′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°35′♏︎ Scorpio 6°54′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°33′♊︎ Gemini 2°59′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 9°08′♒︎ Aquarius 29°01′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 20°31′♉︎ Taurus 17°41′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°48′♍︎ Virgo 28°41′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°35′♏︎ Scorpio 10°10′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 19°07′♍︎ Virgo 16°25′
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: 19 Jan – 9 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 16 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Oct – 1 Dec
Mars retrograde: 28 Jul – 26 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Dec 1718 – 22 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 21 Feb – 11 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jan – 14 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 22 Aug 1718 – 26 Jan; 24 Aug – 28 Jan 1720
Pluto retrograde: 19 Dec 1718 – 25 May; 22 Dec – 27 May 1720
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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