Mercury retrograde 1944

4 periods, 84 days inside the year — 23% of 1944. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.2° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 19 January 1944 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1943, 18:17 UTC at 25.63° Capricorn

Stations direct 19 Jan 1944, 23:21 UTC at 9.43° Capricorn

Shadow opens 13 Dec 1943 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Feb 1944 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.64°

22 April → 15 May 1944 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Apr 1944, 00:21 UTC at 17.2° Taurus

Stations direct 15 May 1944, 19:38 UTC at 7.56° Taurus

Shadow opens 8 Apr 1944 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 1 Jun 1944 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.96°

24 August → 16 September 1944 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 24 Aug 1944, 08:09 UTC at 23.25° Virgo

Stations direct 16 Sep 1944, 06:43 UTC at 9.29° Virgo

Shadow opens 4 Aug 1944 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Sep 1944 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3° · crosses the year boundary

13 December → 2 January 1945 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 13 Dec 1944, 15:56 UTC at 9.73° Capricorn

Stations direct 2 Jan 1945, 12:41 UTC at 23.43° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 25 Nov 1944 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Jan 1945 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1944

1943 Ended 19 January 1944 after 20 days, moving back 16.2° through the zodiac.

1945 Begins 13 December 1944 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1944

0.9 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.

← 1943 Mercury retrograde in 1943. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1945 → Mercury retrograde in 1945.