Astro calendar
The sky in 2040
Retrogrades, lunations and the Sun's sign changes, worked out for the whole year.
Retrogrades in 2040
Mercury retrograde 3 periods
- From February 12 to March 5 · from Pisces to Aquarius
- From June 13 to July 7 · Cancer
- From October 9 to October 30 · from Scorpio to Libra
Venus retrograde no period
No retrograde period this year.
Mars retrograde one period
- From November 23 to February 9 · Cancer
Month by month
January
- New moon in Capricorn
- The Sun enters Aquarius
- Full moon in Leo
February
- Mars stations direct in Cancer
- Mercury stations retrograde in Pisces
- New moon in Aquarius
- The Sun enters Pisces
- Full moon in Virgo
March
- Mercury stations direct in Aquarius
- New moon in Pisces
- The Sun enters Aries
- Full moon in Libra
April
- New moon in Aries
- The Sun enters Taurus
- Full moon in Scorpio
May
- New moon in Taurus
- The Sun enters Gemini
- Full moon in Sagittarius
June
- New moon in Gemini
- Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer
- The Sun enters Cancer
- Full moon in Capricorn
July
- Mercury stations direct in Cancer
- New moon in Cancer
- The Sun enters Leo
- Full moon in Aquarius
August
- New moon in Leo
- Full moon in Aquarius
- The Sun enters Virgo
September
- New moon in Virgo
- Full moon in Pisces
- The Sun enters Libra
October
- New moon in Libra
- Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio
- Full moon in Aries
- The Sun enters Scorpio
- Mercury stations direct in Libra
November
- New moon in Scorpio
- Full moon in Taurus
- The Sun enters Sagittarius
December
- New moon in Sagittarius
- Full moon in Gemini
- The Sun enters Capricorn
Dates and times in UTC. To see how this sky touches your chart, open your personal transits.