Mercury retrograde
Three times a year Mercury appears to move backwards. Station dates, signs and shadow periods.
Sky calendar
The sky calendar, 2026 to 2028
Dates you can plan around, calculated rather than copied: when each planet turns retrograde and direct, when the Moon is new and full and in which sign, and when the eclipses fall. Every page shows exact UTC times.
Calendars by year
Full moons
Twelve or thirteen full moons a year, with their traditional names, signs and lunar eclipses.
New moons
Each new moon’s exact time and degree, the start of every lunar month, with the solar eclipses marked.
Planetary retrogrades
Every retrograde from Mercury to Pluto in the year, with the signs each planet moves back through.
Eclipses
Solar and lunar eclipses: total, annular, partial or penumbral, with the sign of each.
| Date | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|
20° Scorpio | ||
2° Taurus | ||
16° Scorpio | ||
5° Scorpio | ||
22° Libra | ||
2° Gemini |
All times are UTC (Universal Time, the same as GMT outside daylight-saving time). Add your time-zone offset for local time. An event late in the UTC day can fall on the next date in Asia and Australia, and one early in the UTC day on the previous date in the Americas.
Computed by Lunonis with our own ephemeris code (built on astronomy-engine, tested against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Lunation and eclipse times match NASA’s published tables to about a minute. Station times are good to within an hour or so: a planet barely moves at its station, so the exact minute is soft in any ephemeris.
Your own sky
How this sky meets your chart
These dates are the same for everyone. A personal forecast reads them against your own natal chart: which planets the transits touch, in which houses, by topic. Symbolic guidance for reflection, never predictions about health or money.