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♋︎ Cancer 2°54′♊︎ Gemini 28°49′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 8°03′♎︎ Libra 5°16′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 8°43′♓︎ Pisces 22°29′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 1°28′♓︎ Pisces 18°21′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°37′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°08′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°25′♒︎ Aquarius 6°01′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 6°57′♋︎ Cancer 25°59′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 7°23′♋︎ Cancer 3°17′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°03′♏︎ Scorpio 12°56′
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: 7 Mar – 30 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 1 Nov – 21 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Feb – 10 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Apr – 15 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 9 Apr – 29 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 8 Oct 1781 – 6 Mar; 13 Oct – 11 Mar 1783
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jan – 16 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 9 May – 19 Oct
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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