Retrograde calendar 2029
In 2029 Mercury is retrograde four times: 7 Jan to 27 Jan (Aquarius back into Capricorn), 1 May to 25 May (in Taurus), 2 Sep to 25 Sep (Libra back into Virgo) and 22 Dec to 11 Jan 2030 (in Capricorn).
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Tue 22 Aug 2028, 22:17 | Fri 5 Jan, 12:38 | 11°18′ Taurus → 4°25′ Taurus | 18 May 2028 to 9 Apr |
| Uranus | Tue 19 Sep 2028, 00:01 | Fri 16 Feb, 10:51 | 14°14′ Gemini → 10°12′ Gemini | 2 Jun 2028 to 3 Jun |
| Mercury | Sun 7 Jan, 07:56 | Sat 27 Jan, 18:40 | 3°37′ Aquarius → 17°32′ Capricorn | 21 Dec 2028 to 16 Feb |
| Jupiter | Sat 10 Feb, 13:07 | Wed 13 Jun, 21:06 | 27°25′ Libra → 17°30′ Libra | 15 Nov 2028 to 11 Sep |
| Mars | Wed 14 Feb, 08:16 | Sat 5 May, 18:59 | 13°55′ Libra → 24°55′ Virgo | 10 Dec 2028 to 9 Jul |
| Mercury | Tue 1 May, 23:05 | Fri 25 May, 19:20 | 26°40′ Taurus → 17°33′ Taurus | 17 Apr to 10 Jun |
| Pluto | Fri 11 May, 04:13 | Sun 21 Oct, 03:56 | 10°27′ Aquarius → 8°03′ Aquarius | 16 Jan to 12 Feb 2030 |
| Neptune | Sat 14 Jul, 02:10 | Wed 19 Dec, 08:24 | 11°08′ Aries → 8°19′ Aries | 22 Mar to 9 Apr 2030 |
| Mercury | Sun 2 Sep, 12:18 | Tue 25 Sep, 02:01 | 1°49′ Libra → 17°27′ Virgo | 13 Aug to 9 Oct |
| Saturn | Thu 6 Sep, 08:34 | Sat 19 Jan 2030, 03:53 | 25°01′ Taurus → 18°05′ Taurus | 2 Jun to 23 Apr 2030 |
| Uranus | Sun 23 Sep, 16:21 | Wed 20 Feb 2030, 23:22 | 18°33′ Gemini → 14°30′ Gemini | 7 Jun to 7 Jun 2030 |
| Venus | Sun 16 Dec, 23:47 | Sat 26 Jan 2030, 21:33 | 24°01′ Capricorn → 8°37′ Capricorn | 15 Nov to 27 Feb 2030 |
| Mercury | Sat 22 Dec, 05:50 | Fri 11 Jan 2030, 05:45 | 17°42′ Capricorn → 1°26′ Capricorn | 4 Dec to 30 Jan 2030 |
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.