Ephemeris January 2030

January 2030 opens with Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Chiron all moving retrograde. On 11 January Mercury turns direct in Capricorn. On 20 January the Sun enters Aquarius and Mars enters Pisces within the same day. The table below gives every position at 00:00 UT.

Ephemeris January 2030
Date	Sun	Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	True Node	Chiron	Moon phase
1	10°36' Capricorn	28°25' Scorpio	9°27' CapricornR	19°32' CapricornR	14°42' Aquarius	20°34' Scorpio	18°23' TaurusR	15°33' GeminiR	8°22' Aries	9°09' Aquarius	25°30' Sagittarius	8°01' TaurusR	Waning Crescent
2	11°37' Capricorn	13°02' Sagittarius	8°06' CapricornR	18°59' CapricornR	15°29' Aquarius	20°44' Scorpio	18°21' TaurusR	15°31' GeminiR	8°23' Aries	9°11' Aquarius	25°31' Sagittarius	8°00' TaurusR	Waning Crescent
3	12°38' Capricorn	27°38' Sagittarius	6°49' CapricornR	18°24' CapricornR	16°16' Aquarius	20°55' Scorpio	18°20' TaurusR	15°29' GeminiR	8°23' Aries	9°13' Aquarius	25°31' SagittariusR	7°59' TaurusR	New Moon
4	13°39' Capricorn	12°05' Capricorn	5°37' CapricornR	17°48' CapricornR	17°03' Aquarius	21°05' Scorpio	18°18' TaurusR	15°26' GeminiR	8°24' Aries	9°15' Aquarius	25°31' SagittariusR	7°58' TaurusR	New Moon
5	14°40' Capricorn	26°19' Capricorn	4°32' CapricornR	17°12' CapricornR	17°50' Aquarius	21°15' Scorpio	18°16' TaurusR	15°24' GeminiR	8°24' Aries	9°16' Aquarius	25°29' SagittariusR	7°58' TaurusR	New Moon
6	15°42' Capricorn	10°13' Aquarius	3°37' CapricornR	16°36' CapricornR	18°38' Aquarius	21°26' Scorpio	18°15' TaurusR	15°22' GeminiR	8°25' Aries	9°18' Aquarius	25°26' SagittariusR	7°57' TaurusR	Waxing Crescent
7	16°43' Capricorn	23°46' Aquarius	2°51' CapricornR	15°59' CapricornR	19°25' Aquarius	21°36' Scorpio	18°13' TaurusR	15°20' GeminiR	8°25' Aries	9°20' Aquarius	25°23' SagittariusR	7°56' TaurusR	Waxing Crescent
8	17°44' Capricorn	6°56' Pisces	2°15' CapricornR	15°23' CapricornR	20°12' Aquarius	21°46' Scorpio	18°12' TaurusR	15°18' GeminiR	8°26' Aries	9°21' Aquarius	25°20' SagittariusR	7°56' TaurusR	Waxing Crescent
9	18°45' Capricorn	19°43' Pisces	1°49' CapricornR	14°46' CapricornR	20°59' Aquarius	21°55' Scorpio	18°11' TaurusR	15°16' GeminiR	8°27' Aries	9°23' Aquarius	25°17' SagittariusR	7°55' TaurusR	Waxing Crescent
10	19°46' Capricorn	2°10' Aries	1°33' CapricornR	14°11' CapricornR	21°47' Aquarius	22°05' Scorpio	18°10' TaurusR	15°14' GeminiR	8°28' Aries	9°25' Aquarius	25°14' SagittariusR	7°55' TaurusR	First Quarter
11	20°47' Capricorn	14°20' Aries	1°26' CapricornR	13°36' CapricornR	22°34' Aquarius	22°15' Scorpio	18°09' TaurusR	15°12' GeminiR	8°28' Aries	9°27' Aquarius	25°13' SagittariusR	7°54' TaurusR	First Quarter
12	21°48' Capricorn	26°18' Aries	1°28' Capricorn	13°03' CapricornR	23°21' Aquarius	22°24' Scorpio	18°08' TaurusR	15°10' GeminiR	8°29' Aries	9°29' Aquarius	25°13' Sagittarius	7°54' TaurusR	First Quarter
13	22°50' Capricorn	8°10' Taurus	1°39' Capricorn	12°30' CapricornR	24°08' Aquarius	22°34' Scorpio	18°07' TaurusR	15°08' GeminiR	8°30' Aries	9°30' Aquarius	25°14' Sagittarius	7°54' TaurusR	First Quarter
14	23°51' Capricorn	19°59' Taurus	1°57' Capricorn	12°00' CapricornR	24°56' Aquarius	22°43' Scorpio	18°06' TaurusR	15°06' GeminiR	8°31' Aries	9°32' Aquarius	25°16' Sagittarius	7°53' TaurusR	Waxing Gibbous
15	24°52' Capricorn	1°51' Gemini	2°21' Capricorn	11°31' CapricornR	25°43' Aquarius	22°52' Scorpio	18°06' TaurusR	15°05' GeminiR	8°32' Aries	9°34' Aquarius	25°18' Sagittarius	7°53' TaurusR	Waxing Gibbous
16	25°53' Capricorn	13°50' Gemini	2°53' Capricorn	11°04' CapricornR	26°30' Aquarius	23°01' Scorpio	18°05' TaurusR	15°03' GeminiR	8°33' Aries	9°36' Aquarius	25°19' Sagittarius	7°53' TaurusR	Waxing Gibbous
17	26°54' Capricorn	26°00' Gemini	3°29' Capricorn	10°38' CapricornR	27°17' Aquarius	23°10' Scorpio	18°05' TaurusR	15°01' GeminiR	8°34' Aries	9°38' Aquarius	25°20' SagittariusR	7°53' TaurusR	Waxing Gibbous
18	27°55' Capricorn	8°24' Cancer	4°11' Capricorn	10°16' CapricornR	28°04' Aquarius	23°19' Scorpio	18°05' TaurusR	14°59' GeminiR	8°35' Aries	9°39' Aquarius	25°19' SagittariusR	7°53' Taurus	Full Moon
19	28°56' Capricorn	21°04' Cancer	4°58' Capricorn	9°55' CapricornR	28°52' Aquarius	23°28' Scorpio	18°05' TaurusR	14°58' GeminiR	8°36' Aries	9°41' Aquarius	25°16' SagittariusR	7°53' Taurus	Full Moon
20	29°57' Capricorn	4°00' Leo	5°48' Capricorn	9°36' CapricornR	29°39' Aquarius	23°36' Scorpio	18°05' Taurus	14°56' GeminiR	8°37' Aries	9°43' Aquarius	25°12' SagittariusR	7°53' Taurus	Full Moon
21	0°58' Aquarius	17°12' Leo	6°43' Capricorn	9°21' CapricornR	0°26' Pisces	23°45' Scorpio	18°05' Taurus	14°55' GeminiR	8°38' Aries	9°45' Aquarius	25°06' SagittariusR	7°53' Taurus	Full Moon
22	1°59' Aquarius	0°39' Virgo	7°41' Capricorn	9°07' CapricornR	1°13' Pisces	23°53' Scorpio	18°05' Taurus	14°53' GeminiR	8°39' Aries	9°47' Aquarius	25°00' SagittariusR	7°54' Taurus	Waning Gibbous
23	3°00' Aquarius	14°18' Virgo	8°41' Capricorn	8°56' CapricornR	2°01' Pisces	24°02' Scorpio	18°06' Taurus	14°52' GeminiR	8°40' Aries	9°49' Aquarius	24°54' SagittariusR	7°54' Taurus	Waning Gibbous
24	4°01' Aquarius	28°07' Virgo	9°45' Capricorn	8°48' CapricornR	2°48' Pisces	24°10' Scorpio	18°06' Taurus	14°50' GeminiR	8°41' Aries	9°51' Aquarius	24°48' SagittariusR	7°54' Taurus	Waning Gibbous
25	5°02' Aquarius	12°04' Libra	10°51' Capricorn	8°42' CapricornR	3°35' Pisces	24°18' Scorpio	18°07' Taurus	14°49' GeminiR	8°42' Aries	9°52' Aquarius	24°44' SagittariusR	7°55' Taurus	Waning Gibbous
26	6°03' Aquarius	26°07' Libra	11°59' Capricorn	8°38' CapricornR	4°22' Pisces	24°25' Scorpio	18°08' Taurus	14°47' GeminiR	8°44' Aries	9°54' Aquarius	24°42' SagittariusR	7°55' Taurus	Last Quarter
27	7°04' Aquarius	10°13' Scorpio	13°09' Capricorn	8°37' Capricorn	5°09' Pisces	24°33' Scorpio	18°08' Taurus	14°46' GeminiR	8°45' Aries	9°56' Aquarius	24°42' Sagittarius	7°56' Taurus	Last Quarter
28	8°05' Aquarius	24°22' Scorpio	14°22' Capricorn	8°39' Capricorn	5°56' Pisces	24°41' Scorpio	18°09' Taurus	14°45' GeminiR	8°46' Aries	9°58' Aquarius	24°42' Sagittarius	7°57' Taurus	Last Quarter
29	9°06' Aquarius	8°32' Sagittarius	15°36' Capricorn	8°43' Capricorn	6°44' Pisces	24°48' Scorpio	18°10' Taurus	14°44' GeminiR	8°48' Aries	10°00' Aquarius	24°44' Sagittarius	7°57' Taurus	Waning Crescent
30	10°07' Aquarius	22°41' Sagittarius	16°51' Capricorn	8°49' Capricorn	7°31' Pisces	24°56' Scorpio	18°12' Taurus	14°43' GeminiR	8°49' Aries	10°02' Aquarius	24°45' Sagittarius	7°58' Taurus	Waning Crescent
31	11°08' Aquarius	6°48' Capricorn	18°08' Capricorn	8°57' Capricorn	8°18' Pisces	25°03' Scorpio	18°13' Taurus	14°41' GeminiR	8°50' Aries	10°04' Aquarius	24°44' SagittariusR	7°59' Taurus	Waning Crescent

R marks a planet moving retrograde on that day.

This month in the sky

Retrograde stations

≈ 11 January, 06:00 UTCMercuryturns direct1° Capricorn

≈ 17 January, 07:00 UTCChironturns direct7° Taurus

≈ 19 January, 04:00 UTCSaturnturns direct18° Taurus

≈ 26 January, 22:00 UTCVenusturns direct8° Capricorn

Station times are read from the daily speed and rounded to the hour, so they are approximate.

Sign changes

20 January, 00:55 UTCSunenters Aquarius

20 January, 10:28 UTCMarsenters Pisces

Moon phases

4 January, 02:49 UTCNew Moon13°46' Capricorn

11 January, 14:06 UTCFirst Quarter21°23' Aries

19 January, 15:54 UTCFull Moon29°36' Cancer

26 January, 18:14 UTCLast Quarter6°49' Scorpio

Void of course Moon

≈ 31 December, 10:55 UTC→1 January, 02:36 UTClast aspect: Jupiter conjunction · enters Sagittarius

≈ 2 January, 04:14 UTC→3 January, 03:55 UTClast aspect: Mars sextile · enters Capricorn

≈ 4 January, 15:19 UTC→5 January, 06:18 UTClast aspect: Jupiter sextile · enters Aquarius

≈ 6 January, 20:03 UTC→7 January, 11:16 UTClast aspect: Jupiter square · enters Pisces

≈ 9 January, 04:17 UTC→9 January, 19:47 UTClast aspect: Jupiter trine · enters Aries

≈ 11 January, 17:37 UTC→12 January, 07:27 UTClast aspect: Mars sextile · enters Taurus

≈ 14 January, 10:44 UTC→14 January, 20:16 UTClast aspect: Mars square · enters Gemini

≈ 17 January, 02:40 UTC→17 January, 07:47 UTClast aspect: Mars trine · enters Cancer

≈ 19 January, 15:54 UTC→19 January, 16:37 UTClast aspect: Sun opposition · enters Leo

≈ 21 January, 11:51 UTC→21 January, 22:51 UTClast aspect: Jupiter square · enters Virgo

≈ 23 January, 17:05 UTC→24 January, 03:14 UTClast aspect: Jupiter sextile · enters Libra

≈ 24 January, 21:43 UTC→26 January, 06:37 UTClast aspect: Mercury square · enters Scorpio

≈ 28 January, 00:32 UTC→28 January, 09:33 UTClast aspect: Jupiter conjunction · enters Sagittarius

≈ 29 January, 01:03 UTC→30 January, 12:25 UTClast aspect: Sun sextile · enters Capricorn

Classical method: the last exact aspect of the Moon to a planet from the Sun to Saturn opens the void, and the Moon's sign change closes it. The start is approximate, the end is exact.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which planets are retrograde in January 2030?

In January 2030 the stations are: Mercury turns direct (11 January), Chiron turns direct (17 January), Saturn turns direct (19 January) and Venus turns direct (26 January). The R in the table marks every day a planet is retrograde.

When is the Full Moon in January 2030?

The Full Moon is on 19 January at 15:54 UTC, in Cancer.

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 9 September 2026.