Mercury retrograde 1940

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1940. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.41°

6 March → 29 March 1940 in Aries

Stations retrograde 6 Mar 1940, 05:23 UTC at 1.09° Aries
Stations direct 29 Mar 1940, 02:55 UTC at 17.67° Pisces
Shadow opens 21 Feb 1940 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Apr 1940 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Aries, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 10.67°

8 July → 1 August 1940 in Leo

Stations retrograde 8 Jul 1940, 13:59 UTC at 6.13° Leo
Stations direct 1 Aug 1940, 18:42 UTC at 25.47° Cancer
Shadow opens 21 Jun 1940 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Aug 1940 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.07°

1 November → 21 November 1940 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 1 Nov 1940, 01:23 UTC at 28.95° Scorpio
Stations direct 21 Nov 1940, 04:02 UTC at 12.87° Scorpio
Shadow opens 12 Oct 1940 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Dec 1940 (17 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Scorpio, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1940

Previous

1939 Ended 8 December 1939 after 20 days, moving back 16.23° through the zodiac.

Next

1941 Begins 17 February 1941 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1940

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

← 1939 Mercury retrograde in 1939. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1941 → Mercury retrograde in 1941.