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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 3°19′♈︎ Aries 29°21′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 4°02′♊︎ Gemini 27°04′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 7°24′♍︎ Virgo 4°36′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 22°48′♎︎ Libra 12°53′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 16°05′♈︎ Aries 4°13′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°49′♑︎ Capricorn 11°15′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°45′♌︎ Leo 10°35′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 7°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°25′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 11°25′♈︎ Aries 26°56′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 18°12′♋︎ Cancer 11°14′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°20′♏︎ Scorpio 26°06′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°36′♍︎ Virgo 6°48′
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: 21 Mar – 14 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Sept – 27 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Feb – 9 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 16 Oct 1767 – 27 Feb; 30 Oct – 12 Mar 1769
Uranus retrograde: 8 Aug 1767 – 7 Jan; 12 Aug – 10 Jan 1769
Neptune retrograde: 9 Dec 1767 – 15 May; 11 Dec – 17 May 1769
Pluto retrograde: 14 Apr – 22 Sept
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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