Retrograde calendar 2030
In 2030 Mercury is retrograde four times: 22 Dec 2029 to 11 Jan (in Capricorn), 13 Apr to 6 May (Taurus back into Aries), 16 Aug to 8 Sep (in Virgo) and 6 Dec to 25 Dec (Capricorn back into Sagittarius).
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Thu 6 Sep 2029, 08:34 | Sat 19 Jan, 03:53 | 25°01′ Taurus → 18°05′ Taurus | 2 Jun 2029 to 23 Apr |
| Uranus | Sun 23 Sep 2029, 16:21 | Wed 20 Feb, 23:22 | 18°33′ Gemini → 14°30′ Gemini | 7 Jun 2029 to 7 Jun |
| Venus | Sun 16 Dec 2029, 23:47 | Sat 26 Jan, 21:33 | 24°01′ Capricorn → 8°37′ Capricorn | 15 Nov 2029 to 27 Feb |
| Mercury | Sat 22 Dec 2029, 05:50 | Fri 11 Jan, 05:45 | 17°42′ Capricorn → 1°26′ Capricorn | 4 Dec 2029 to 30 Jan |
| Jupiter | Wed 13 Mar, 14:33 | Mon 15 Jul, 01:26 | 27°37′ Scorpio → 17°45′ Scorpio | 16 Dec 2029 to 11 Oct |
| Mercury | Sat 13 Apr, 02:33 | Mon 6 May, 20:14 | 7°48′ Taurus → 27°26′ Aries | 30 Mar to 24 May |
| Pluto | Sun 12 May, 23:11 | Wed 23 Oct, 03:05 | 12°03′ Aquarius → 9°39′ Aquarius | 17 Jan to 14 Feb 2031 |
| Neptune | Tue 16 Jul, 16:29 | Sat 21 Dec, 20:40 | 13°22′ Aries → 10°34′ Aries | 25 Mar to 11 Apr 2031 |
| Mercury | Fri 16 Aug, 01:20 | Sun 8 Sep, 09:27 | 14°30′ Virgo → 1°06′ Virgo | 27 Jul to 22 Sep |
| Saturn | Fri 20 Sep, 21:29 | Sun 2 Feb 2031, 02:24 | 8°57′ Gemini → 1°59′ Gemini | 16 Jun to 7 May 2031 |
| Uranus | Sat 28 Sep, 08:26 | Tue 25 Feb 2031, 11:24 | 22°53′ Gemini → 18°50′ Gemini | 12 Jun to 12 Jun 2031 |
| Mercury | Fri 6 Dec, 02:47 | Wed 25 Dec, 21:14 | 1°51′ Capricorn → 15°33′ Sagittarius | 17 Nov to 13 Jan 2031 |
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.