Mars retrograde 2028
There is no Mars retrograde in 2028: the planet stays direct all year — the previous retrograde ends on April 1, 2027 in Leo, and the next begins on February 14, 2029 in Libra.
- Retrograde in 2028
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Apr 1, 2027 2:08 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Feb 14, 2029 8:16 AM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 685 days
Mars’s path through 2028, day by day
Mars starts 2028 at 27°54′ Capricorn and ends it at 4°17′ Libra — 246.4° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 10 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Feb 14, 2029. Fastest day: Feb 2, 0.8° forward. Counting the shadows, 22 days of 2028 sit inside a retrograde window.
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The 2027 Sky Calendar — free PDF
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 2028: exact times in your city
Mars turns retrograde at 8:16 AM UTC on February 14, 2029 at 13°55′ Libra — 5:16 AM in Santiago, 3:16 AM in New York, 8:16 AM in London and 5:16 PM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Apr 1, 2027 | Turns retrograde · Feb 14, 2029 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · 20°55′ Leo | Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · 13°55′ Libra |
| Honolulu United States | 4:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−10 | 10:16 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 6:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−8 | 11:16 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 7:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−7 | 12:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 7:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−7 | 1:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 8:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−6 | 1:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 9:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−5 | 2:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 8:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−6 | 2:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 10:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−4 | 3:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 10:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−4 | 3:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 9:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−5 | 3:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 9:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−5 | 3:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 10:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−4 | 4:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 11:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−3 | 5:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 11:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−3 | 5:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 11:08 AM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC−3 | 5:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC | 8:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 3:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+1 | 8:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 3:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+1 | 9:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 4:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+2 | 9:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 4:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+2 | 9:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 4:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+2 | 10:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+2 | 10:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 5:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+3 | 10:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 5:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+3 | 11:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 5:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+3 | 11:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 5:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+3 | 11:16 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 5:38 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+3:30 | 11:46 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 6:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+4 | 12:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 7:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+5 | 1:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 7:38 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+5:30 | 1:46 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 7:53 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+5:45 | 2:01 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 8:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+6 | 2:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 9:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+7 | 3:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 9:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+7 | 3:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 10:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+8 | 4:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 10:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+8 | 4:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 10:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+8 | 4:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 10:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+8 | 4:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 11:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+9 | 5:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 11:08 PM Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · UTC+9 | 5:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 12:38 AM Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · UTC+10:30 | 6:46 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 12:08 AM Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · UTC+10 | 6:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 1:08 AM Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · UTC+11 | 7:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 3:08 AM Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · UTC+13 | 9:16 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2029 · 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 2028: a year between two loops
685 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2028 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 December 10, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2028
Gap across 2028
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 2028
Mars through the zodiac in 2028
Every sign Mars occupies during 2028, 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.
10 segments in 2028. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
2028 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2028
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2028: None — Next Starts Feb 14, 2029.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2028/
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