Astro calendar

The sky in 2023

Retrogrades, lunations and the Sun's sign changes, worked out for the whole year.

Retrogrades in 2023

Mercury retrograde 4 periods

From December 29 to January 18 · Capricorn
From April 21 to May 15 · Taurus
From August 23 to September 15 · Virgo
From December 13 to January 2 · from Capricorn to Sagittarius

Venus retrograde one period

From July 23 to September 4 · Leo

Mars retrograde one period

From October 30 to January 12 · Gemini

What is retrograde motion?

Month by month

January

Full moon in CancerJanuary 6 · 11:07 PM
Mars stations direct in GeminiJanuary 12 · 08:26 PM
Mercury stations direct in CapricornJanuary 18 · 01:18 PM
The Sun enters AquariusJanuary 20 · 08:29 AM
New moon in AquariusJanuary 21 · 08:52 PM

February

Full moon in LeoFebruary 5 · 06:29 PM
The Sun enters PiscesFebruary 18 · 10:34 PM
New moon in PiscesFebruary 20 · 07:05 AM

March

Full moon in VirgoMarch 7 · 12:41 PM
The Sun enters AriesMarch 20 · 09:24 PM
New moon in AriesMarch 21 · 05:23 PM

April

Full moon in LibraApril 6 · 04:34 AM
New moon in AriesApril 20 · 04:12 AM
The Sun enters TaurusApril 20 · 08:14 AM
Mercury stations retrograde in TaurusApril 21 · 08:23 AM

May

Full moon in ScorpioMay 5 · 05:34 PM
Mercury stations direct in TaurusMay 15 · 03:27 AM
New moon in TaurusMay 19 · 03:53 PM
The Sun enters GeminiMay 21 · 07:09 AM

June

Full moon in SagittariusJune 4 · 03:41 AM
New moon in GeminiJune 18 · 04:36 AM
The Sun enters CancerJune 21 · 02:57 PM

July

Full moon in CapricornJuly 3 · 11:38 AM
New moon in CancerJuly 17 · 06:31 PM
Venus stations retrograde in LeoJuly 23 · 12:55 AM
The Sun enters LeoJuly 23 · 01:51 AM

August

Full moon in AquariusAugust 1 · 06:31 PM
New moon in LeoAugust 16 · 09:38 AM
The Sun enters VirgoAugust 23 · 09:01 AM
Mercury stations retrograde in VirgoAugust 23 · 07:56 PM
Full moon in PiscesAugust 31 · 01:35 AM

September

Venus stations direct in LeoSeptember 4 · 01:09 AM
New moon in VirgoSeptember 15 · 01:40 AM
Mercury stations direct in VirgoSeptember 15 · 08:24 PM
The Sun enters LibraSeptember 23 · 06:49 AM
Full moon in AriesSeptember 29 · 09:57 AM

October

New moon in LibraOctober 14 · 05:54 PM
The Sun enters ScorpioOctober 23 · 04:20 PM
Full moon in TaurusOctober 28 · 08:23 PM

November

New moon in ScorpioNovember 13 · 09:27 AM
The Sun enters SagittariusNovember 22 · 02:03 PM
Full moon in GeminiNovember 27 · 09:15 AM

December

New moon in SagittariusDecember 12 · 11:31 PM
Mercury stations retrograde in CapricornDecember 13 · 07:05 AM
The Sun enters CapricornDecember 22 · 03:27 AM
Full moon in CancerDecember 27 · 12:32 AM

Dates and times in UTC. To see how this sky touches your chart, open your personal transits.