Mercury retrograde 1948

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1948. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.97°

11 February → 4 March 1948 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 11 Feb 1948, 03:13 UTC at 7.24° Pisces
Stations direct 4 Mar 1948, 00:21 UTC at 22.28° Aquarius
Shadow opens 27 Jan 1948 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Mar 1948 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.98°

11 June → 5 July 1948 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 11 Jun 1948, 10:59 UTC at 7.99° Cancer
Stations direct 5 Jul 1948, 13:10 UTC at 29.02° Gemini
Shadow opens 26 May 1948 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 20 Jul 1948 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.66°

8 October → 28 October 1948 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 8 Oct 1948, 01:07 UTC at 6.14° Scorpio
Stations direct 28 Oct 1948, 23:05 UTC at 20.48° Libra
Shadow opens 17 Sep 1948 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 13 Nov 1948 (16 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 1948

Previous

1947 Ended 15 November 1947 after 20 days, moving back 15.97° through the zodiac.

Next

1949 Begins 24 January 1949 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1948

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.

← 1947 Mercury retrograde in 1947. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1949 → Mercury retrograde in 1949.