Retrograde planets in 2028

10 retrograde periods of Mercury through Pluto touch 2028. Each lists the station retrograde, the station direct and their degrees.

What each retrograde means

Times in Eastern Time (ET)

Mercury

Pre-shadow begins
Jan 8, 2028, 2:24 PM
Stations retrograde
Jan 24, 2028, 6:03 AM · 19°41′ Aquarius
Stations direct
Feb 14, 2028, 7:38 AM · 3°59′ Aquarius
Post-shadow ends
Mar 5, 2028, 11:45 AM
Pre-shadow begins
May 6, 2028, 2:40 PM
Stations retrograde
May 21, 2028, 4:39 AM · 16°18′ Gemini
Stations direct
Jun 14, 2028, 2:07 AM · 7°45′ Gemini
Post-shadow ends
Jun 29, 2028, 4:58 AM
Pre-shadow begins
Aug 30, 2028, 3:16 AM
Stations retrograde
Sep 19, 2028, 12:30 PM · 18°35′ Libra
Stations direct
Oct 11, 2028, 6:29 AM · 3°28′ Libra
Post-shadow ends
Oct 26, 2028, 9:49 AM

Venus

Pre-shadow begins
Apr 7, 2028, 9:49 AM
Stations retrograde
May 10, 2028, 7:01 PM · 19°41′ Gemini
Stations direct
Jun 22, 2028, 6:13 PM · 3°10′ Gemini
Post-shadow ends
Jul 26, 2028, 5:06 PM

Mars

Mars is not retrograde in 2028. Its next retrograde begins on Feb 14, 2029.

Jupiter

Stations retrograde
Jan 12, 2028, 3:48 AM · 27°30′ Virgo
Stations direct
May 13, 2028, 3:57 PM · 17°32′ Virgo

Saturn

Stations retrograde
Aug 22, 2028, 6:16 PM · 11°18′ Taurus
Stations direct
Jan 5, 2029, 7:31 AM · 4°24′ Taurus

Uranus

Stations retrograde
Sep 15, 2027, 5:14 AM · 9°57′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 12, 2028, 6:40 PM · 5°55′ Gemini
Stations retrograde
Sep 18, 2028, 8:05 PM · 14°14′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 16, 2029, 5:49 AM · 10°12′ Gemini

Neptune

Stations retrograde
Jul 11, 2028, 9:17 AM · 8°54′ Aries
Stations direct
Dec 16, 2028, 3:55 PM · 6°05′ Aries

Pluto

Stations retrograde
May 9, 2028, 4:48 AM · 8°49′ Aquarius
Stations direct
Oct 19, 2028, 12:19 AM · 6°24′ Aquarius

Mercury retrograde dates

How these times are computed

Every time here comes from our own engine, built on astronomy-engine, an open-source ephemeris, and checked against independent references: the U.S. Naval Observatory's Moon phases, NASA's eclipse canon and Swiss Ephemeris outputs. The page is written in Eastern Time (ET); your browser shows the times in the zone you pick.

A station is the moment a planet seems to stand still before it appears to reverse. Retrograde motion is apparent: seen from Earth the planet looks as if it moves backward, while in its orbit it never does. For Mercury, Venus and Mars we also give the shadow: the pre-shadow begins when the planet first reaches the degree where it will later station direct, and the post-shadow ends when it returns to the degree where it stationed retrograde.

Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science: the positions are exact, and what they mean is interpretation.

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