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Retrograde dates for 2026

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 2026, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 26 February 2026 to 20 March 2026, and from 29 June 2026 to 23 July 2026, and from 24 October 2026 to 13 November 2026.

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Mercury retrograde in 2026

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 2026.

Venus retrograde in 2026

Venus is retrograde in 1 period touching 2026.

Mars retrograde in 2026

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 2026.

Jupiter retrograde in 2026

Jupiter is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2026.

Saturn retrograde in 2026

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 2026.

Uranus retrograde in 2026

Uranus is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2026.

Neptune retrograde in 2026

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 2026.

Pluto retrograde in 2026

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 2026.

What “retrograde” means here

A planet is retrograde when its ecliptic longitude, seen from the Earth, is decreasing: it appears to move backwards against the stars. A station is the moment it appears to stop before changing direction. The Sun and the Moon never turn retrograde. Each date above is a station computed to the minute.

What these dates are worth

Every time on this page is computed by the engine that casts the charts, not copied from a table. All times are Universal Time (UT), so a date can fall a day either side of your own clock: add your time zone's offset to get local time. The Moon is checked against NASA and JPL values and the planets against published station and ingress dates; the table of what Umbriel checks, and how close it comes is public. Umbriel is for reflection and self-understanding, not prediction.

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