Mercury retrograde 1942

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1942. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.4°

1 February → 22 February 1942 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 1 Feb 1942, 01:13 UTC at 27.83° Aquarius
Stations direct 22 Feb 1942, 12:04 UTC at 12.43° Aquarius
Shadow opens 16 Jan 1942 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Mar 1942 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.63°

31 May → 24 June 1942 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 31 May 1942, 16:10 UTC at 26.45° Gemini
Stations direct 24 Jun 1942, 15:39 UTC at 17.82° Gemini
Shadow opens 16 May 1942 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 9 Jul 1942 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.4°

28 September → 20 October 1942 in Libra

Stations retrograde 28 Sep 1942, 16:09 UTC at 26.8° Libra
Stations direct 20 Oct 1942, 00:13 UTC at 11.39° Libra
Shadow opens 8 Sep 1942 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Nov 1942 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1942

Previous

1941 Ended 5 November 1941 after 21 days, moving back 15.81° through the zodiac.

Next

1943 Begins 15 January 1943 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1942

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.

← 1941 Mercury retrograde in 1941. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1943 → Mercury retrograde in 1943.