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Mars retrograde 2030

There is no Mars retrograde in 2030: the planet stays direct all year — the previous retrograde ends on May 5, 2029 in Virgo, and the next begins on March 29, 2031 in Scorpio.

Retrograde in 2030
None direct all year
Previous direct station
May 5, 2029 7:00 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 29, 2031 12:35 AM UTC
Gap between loops
692 days

The other planets in 2030: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Mars Retrograde 2030: None — Next Starts Mar 29, 2031

Mars’s path through 2030, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2030
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2030. Mars starts 2030 at 14°42′ Aquarius and ends it at 22°29′ Libra — 247.8° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2030. Mars starts 2030 at 14°42′ Aquarius and ends it at 22°29′ Libra — 247.8° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2030 at 14°42′ Aquarius and ends it at 22°29′ Libra — 247.8° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.79° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 2030: exact times in your city

Mars turns retrograde at 12:35 AM UTC on March 29, 2031 at 21°38′ Scorpio — 9:35 PM on March 28 in Santiago, 8:35 PM on March 28 in New York, 12:35 AM in London and 9:35 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · May 5, 2029 Turns retrograde · Mar 29, 2031
UTC Sat, May 5, 2029 · 24°55′ Virgo Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · 21°38′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 9:00 AM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−10 2:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:00 AM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−8 4:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 12:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−7 5:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 12:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−7 5:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−7
Denver United States 1:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−6 6:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 2:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−5 7:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 1:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−6 6:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−6
New York United States 3:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−4 8:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 3:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−4 8:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 2:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−5 7:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 2:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−5 7:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−4 8:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 3:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−4 9:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 4:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−3 9:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 4:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC−3 9:35 PM Fri, Mar 28, 2031 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 7:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC 12:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC
London United Kingdom 8:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+1 12:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 8:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+1 1:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+1
Paris France 9:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+2 1:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 9:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+2 1:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+2 2:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 10:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3 2:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 10:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3 2:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 10:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3 3:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 10:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3 3:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3 3:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 10:30 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+3:30 4:05 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:00 PM Sat, May 5, 2029 · UTC+4 4:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 12:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+5 5:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 12:30 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+5:30 6:05 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:45 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+5:45 6:20 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+6 6:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 2:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+7 7:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 2:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+7 7:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+7
Singapore 3:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+8 8:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+8
Beijing China 3:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+8 8:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+8 8:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+8 8:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+9 9:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 4:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+9 9:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:30 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+9:30 11:05 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 5:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+10 10:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+10 11:35 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 7:00 AM Sun, May 6, 2029 · UTC+12 1:35 PM Sat, Mar 29, 2031 · 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 2030: a year between two loops

692 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2030 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 loops themselves are on the 2029 and 2031 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2030

Previous

2029 Ended May 5, 2029 after 80 days, moving back 18.99° through the zodiac.

Next

2031 Begins March 29, 2031 and runs 76 days.

Gap across 2030

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 2030

Mars through the zodiac in 2030

Every sign Mars occupies during 2030, 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.

Mars in Aquarius From Jan 1 – Jan 20
Mars in Pisces Jan 20 – Feb 27
Mars in Aries Feb 27 – Apr 8
Mars in Taurus Apr 8 – May 19
Mars in Gemini May 19 – Jul 1
Mars in Cancer Jul 1 – Aug 15
Mars in Leo Aug 15 – Oct 2
Mars in Virgo Oct 2 – Nov 21
Mars in Libra Nov 21 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 2030. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2030 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2030

Saturn in Taurus Sep 6, 2029 – Jan 19, 2030 · 135 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 23, 2029 – Feb 20, 2030 · 150 days
Venus in Capricorn Dec 16, 2029 – Jan 26, 2030 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 22, 2029 – Jan 11, 2030 · 20 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Mar 13, 2030 – Jul 15, 2030 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 13, 2030 – May 6, 2030 · 24 days
Pluto in Aquarius May 12, 2030 – Oct 23, 2030 · 163 days
Neptune in Aries Jul 16, 2030 – Dec 21, 2030 · 158 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 16, 2030 – Sep 8, 2030 · 23 days
Saturn in Gemini Sep 20, 2030 – Feb 2, 2031 · 134 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 28, 2030 – Feb 25, 2031 · 150 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 6, 2030 – Dec 25, 2030 · 20 days
← 2029 Mars retrograde in 2029. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2031 → Mars retrograde in 2031.

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AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2030: None — Next Starts Mar 29, 2031.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2030/

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