Mars Conjunct Jupiter, November 16, 2026, at 25° Leo — the First in Leo Since 1991. All 20 Mars–Jupiter Conjunctions 1990–2035
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Mars catches up with Jupiter on November 16, 2026, at about 08:24 UTC. Both planets stand at 25.5° Leo. Mars moves faster, so it passes Jupiter and pulls ahead, and ten days later, on November 26, it leaves Leo for Virgo.
How the gap closes (00:00 UTC each day)
| Date | Mars | Jupiter | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1 | 18.2° Leo | 24.0° Leo | 5.7° |
| November 6 | 20.7° Leo | 24.6° Leo | 3.8° |
| November 11 | 23.1° Leo | 25.1° Leo | 2.0° |
| November 16 | 25.4° Leo | 25.5° Leo | 0.1° |
| November 21 | 27.6° Leo | 25.9° Leo | 1.7° |
| November 26 | 29.6° Leo | 26.2° Leo | 3.4° |
The pair stays within about 2° of each other from roughly November 11 to November 21.
Where to look
On November 16 the pair is about 88° west of the Sun. That puts it in the morning sky: up well before dawn, high in the south (from northern latitudes) as the sky starts to brighten. We do not compute rise times or brightness, so check a planetarium app for your town.
Every Mars–Jupiter conjunction, 1990–2035 (UTC)
| Date | Sign and degree |
|---|---|
| 1991-06-14 | 11.4° Leo |
| 1993-09-06 | 16.2° Libra |
| 1995-11-16 | 19.2° Sagittarius |
| 1998-01-21 | 26.8° Aquarius |
| 2000-04-06 | 10.5° Taurus |
| 2002-07-03 | 23.5° Cancer |
| 2004-09-27 | 0.4° Libra |
| 2006-12-11 | 3.9° Sagittarius |
| 2009-02-17 | 10.1° Aquarius |
| 2011-05-01 | 22.2° Aries |
| 2013-07-22 | 5.6° Cancer |
| 2015-10-17 | 14.0° Virgo |
| 2018-01-07 | 17.7° Scorpio |
| 2020-03-20 | 22.6° Capricorn |
| 2022-05-29 | 2.9° Aries |
| 2024-08-14 | 16.3° Gemini |
| 2026-11-16 | 25.5° Leo |
| 2029-07-19 | 19.0° Libra |
| 2031-09-28 | 21.5° Sagittarius |
| 2033-12-01 | 29.4° Aquarius |
That is 20 conjunctions in 45 years, one about every 2.2 years. The gap after this one is longer, 2.7 years, because Mars turns retrograde in early 2027 and loses ground. The last Mars–Jupiter conjunction in Leo was in June 1991; in between, the meetings took place in ten other signs. In none of the 20 was either planet retrograde at the moment they met.
What the numbers do and don't tell you
When two planets line up is astronomy. Astrology reads Mars with Jupiter as a push toward action and expansion; that is an interpretation, and this table cannot prove or disprove it. It cannot say what you should start or stop on November 16. This is a calculation, not a reading of you.
How we calculated: apparent geocentric longitudes of Mars and Jupiter from the public-domain formulas in our chart engine (Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms; NASA/JPL low-precision orbital elements), searched every six hours and refined to the minute. The planets close on each other at about half a degree a day, so a small error in either position moves the exact time by a few hours; read 08:24 UTC as "the morning of November 16 in Europe". Dates in the table are UTC.
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