Retrograde calendar 2028
In 2028 Mercury is retrograde three times: 24 Jan to 14 Feb (in Aquarius), 21 May to 14 Jun (in Gemini) and 19 Sep to 11 Oct (in Libra).
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | Wed 15 Sep 2027, 09:09 | Sat 12 Feb, 23:49 | 9°57′ Gemini → 5°55′ Gemini | 30 May 2027 to 29 May |
| Jupiter | Wed 12 Jan, 08:53 | Sat 13 May, 20:00 | 27°30′ Virgo → 17°32′ Virgo | 17 Oct 2027 to 11 Aug |
| Mercury | Mon 24 Jan, 11:02 | Mon 14 Feb, 12:37 | 19°42′ Aquarius → 3°59′ Aquarius | 8 Jan to 5 Mar |
| Pluto | Tue 9 May, 09:29 | Thu 19 Oct, 03:46 | 8°49′ Aquarius → 6°24′ Aquarius | 15 Jan to 10 Feb 2029 |
| Venus | Wed 10 May, 23:02 | Thu 22 Jun, 22:12 | 19°41′ Gemini → 3°10′ Gemini | 7 Apr to 26 Jul |
| Mercury | Sun 21 May, 08:42 | Wed 14 Jun, 06:05 | 16°18′ Gemini → 7°45′ Gemini | 6 May to 29 Jun |
| Neptune | Tue 11 Jul, 13:04 | Sat 16 Dec, 20:43 | 8°54′ Aries → 6°05′ Aries | 20 Mar to 6 Apr 2029 |
| Saturn | Tue 22 Aug, 22:17 | Fri 5 Jan 2029, 12:38 | 11°18′ Taurus → 4°25′ Taurus | 18 May to 9 Apr 2029 |
| Uranus | Tue 19 Sep, 00:01 | Fri 16 Feb 2029, 10:51 | 14°14′ Gemini → 10°12′ Gemini | 2 Jun to 3 Jun 2029 |
| Mercury | Tue 19 Sep, 16:33 | Wed 11 Oct, 10:27 | 18°35′ Libra → 3°28′ Libra | 30 Aug to 26 Oct |
Tropical zodiac · geocentric, apparent positions · stations from the Swiss Ephemeris, checked against NASA JPL DE440 · times in UTC
Go deeper: stations, shadows and why sites disagree by a day
Retrograde. Seen from Earth, a planet sometimes appears to stop and move backwards through the zodiac. Nothing reverses in space: Earth is overtaking the planet, or being overtaken by it. The moments it stops are its stations; the time given is when its speed along the zodiac passes through zero.
Shadow. Before a retrograde, the planet crosses the degree where it will later turn direct; after it, it passes the degree where it turned retrograde. Between those two crossings it goes over the same stretch of sky three times. That span is the shadow.
A day’s difference. A station at 23:30 in London falls on the next day in Berlin. Calendars printed for one time zone are a day off for others; this page uses yours. Slow planets also barely move near a station, so sources that round differently can disagree by an hour for Jupiter to Pluto.