Mars retrograde 2026
There is no Mars retrograde in 2026: the planet stays direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on February 24, 2025 in Cancer, and the next begins on January 10, 2027 in Virgo.
- Retrograde in 2026
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Feb 24, 2025 2:00 AM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 10, 2027 12:59 PM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 685 days
Mars’s path through 2026, day by day
Mars starts 2026 at 12°41′ Capricorn and ends it at 9°52′ Virgo — 237.2° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 5 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 10, 2027. Fastest day: Feb 11, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 56 days of 2026 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Every retrograde, eclipse, new and full moon of 2027 to the minute, already converted to your city. A month to a page, ready to print.
Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 2026: exact times in your city
Mars turns retrograde at 12:59 PM UTC on January 10, 2027 at 10°25′ Virgo — 9:59 AM in Santiago, 7:59 AM in New York, 12:59 PM in London and 9:59 PM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Feb 24, 2025 | Turns retrograde · Jan 10, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · 17°01′ Cancer | Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · 10°25′ Virgo |
| Honolulu United States | 4:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−10 | 2:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 5:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−9 | 3:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 6:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−8 | 4:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 7:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−7 | 5:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 7:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−7 | 5:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 8:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−6 | 6:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 8:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−6 | 6:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−5 | 7:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−5 | 7:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−5 | 7:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−5 | 7:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 10:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−4 | 8:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−3 | 9:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−3 | 9:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · UTC−3 | 9:59 AM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC | 12:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 2:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC | 12:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+1 | 1:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+1 | 1:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+1 | 1:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+2 | 2:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+2 | 2:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+2 | 2:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+3 | 3:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+3 | 3:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+3 | 3:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 5:30 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+3:30 | 4:29 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 6:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+4 | 4:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 7:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+5 | 5:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 7:30 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+5:30 | 6:29 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 7:45 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+5:45 | 6:44 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 8:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+6 | 6:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 9:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+7 | 7:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 9:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+7 | 7:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+8 | 8:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+8 | 8:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+8 | 8:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+8 | 8:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 11:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+9 | 9:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 11:00 AM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+9 | 9:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 12:30 PM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+10:30 | 11:29 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 12:00 PM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+10 | 10:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 1:00 PM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+11 | 11:59 PM Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 3:00 PM Mon, Feb 24, 2025 · UTC+13 | 1:59 AM Mon, Jan 11, 2027 · UTC+13 |
Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Mars station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
Mars in 2026: a year between two loops
685 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2026 falls entirely inside that stretch. Mars turns back once every 779.94 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.
The run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 5, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2026
Gap across 2026
1.9 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.
Computed for 2026
Mars through the zodiac in 2026
Every sign Mars occupies during 2026, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.
9 segments in 2026. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
2026 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2026
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2026: None — Next Starts Jan 10, 2027.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2026/
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