Ephemeris 2026
An ephemeris is a table of planetary positions for each day. This one lists where the Sun, the Moon and the planets stood at 00:00 UT on every day of 2026, with the sign, the degree and the retrograde periods.
Months
The year's main events
The stations, eclipses and slow sign changes of 2026, in date order.
| Date | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune enters Aries | Pisces → Aries | |
| Saturn enters Aries | Pisces → Aries | |
| annular solar eclipse in Aquarius | 28°50' Aquarius | |
| ≈ | Mercury turns retrograde | 22° Pisces |
| total lunar eclipse in Virgo | 12°50' Virgo | |
| ≈ | Mercury turns direct | 8° Pisces |
| Uranus enters Gemini | Taurus → Gemini | |
| Chiron enters Taurus | Aries → Taurus | |
| ≈ | Mercury turns retrograde | 26° Cancer |
| Jupiter enters Leo | Cancer → Leo | |
| ≈ | Mercury turns direct | 16° Cancer |
| total solar eclipse in Leo | 20°02' Leo | |
| partial lunar eclipse in Pisces | 4°50' Pisces | |
| Chiron enters Aries | Taurus → Aries | |
| ≈ | Venus turns retrograde | 8° Scorpio |
| ≈ | Mercury turns retrograde | 20° Scorpio |
| ≈ | Mercury turns direct | 5° Scorpio |
| ≈ | Venus turns direct | 22° Libra |
Station times are read from the daily speed and rounded to the hour, so they are approximate.
Frequently Asked Questions
When are the eclipses in 2026?
2026 has 4 eclipses: an annular solar eclipse on 17 February in Aquarius, a total lunar eclipse on 3 March in Virgo, a total solar eclipse on 12 August in Leo and a partial lunar eclipse on 28 August in Pisces. Each one is on the month page with its exact time in UTC.
Which planets are retrograde in 2026?
In 2026 these planets turn retrograde: Mercury (26 February, 29 June, 24 October), Pluto (6 May), Neptune (7 July), Saturn (26 July), Chiron (3 August), Uranus (10 September), Venus (3 October) and Jupiter (13 December). The dates in brackets are the retrograde stations. The month pages list the direct stations too.
Which slow planets change sign in 2026?
The slow-moving bodies that change sign in 2026: On 26 January Neptune enters Aries. On 14 February Saturn enters Aries. On 26 April Uranus enters Gemini. On 19 June Chiron enters Taurus. On 30 June Jupiter enters Leo. On 27 July True Node enters Aquarius. On 18 September Chiron enters Aries. Every sign change of every body is on the month pages.
Can I download this ephemeris?
Yes. Every year and month table is free to download as JSON or CSV from the links under the table, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris at 00:00 UT. Please link back to AstroAk when you publish work based on it.
How do I read this table?
Each row is one day at 00:00 Universal Time and each column is one body. A cell gives the degree and minute within the sign, and an R means the body is moving retrograde that day. Read down a column to follow one planet, read across a row to see the whole sky on one date.
Calculated with Swiss Ephemeris. Positions are geocentric and in the tropical zodiac, for 00:00 Universal Time.
Data generated on .