Mercury retrograde 1945

4 periods, 69 days inside the year — 18.8% of 1945. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 11.07°

3 April → 27 April 1945 in Aries

Stations retrograde 3 Apr 1945, 12:13 UTC at 28.7° Aries

Stations direct 27 Apr 1945, 03:30 UTC at 17.63° Aries

Shadow opens 20 Mar 1945 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 14 May 1945 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.83°

6 August → 30 August 1945 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 6 Aug 1945, 17:53 UTC at 5.57° Virgo

Stations direct 30 Aug 1945, 08:56 UTC at 22.74° Leo

Shadow opens 18 Jul 1945 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 13 Sep 1945 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.28°

27 November → 17 December 1945 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 27 Nov 1945, 11:49 UTC at 23.9° Sagittarius

Stations direct 17 Dec 1945, 06:03 UTC at 7.61° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 8 Nov 1945 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Jan 1946 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1945

1944 Ended 2 January 1945 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

1946 Begins 16 March 1946 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1945

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.

← 1944 Mercury retrograde in 1944. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1946 → Mercury retrograde in 1946.