Mercury retrograde 1958

4 periods, 71 days inside the year — 19.5% of 1958. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.3° · crosses the year boundary

16 December → 5 January 1958 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Dec 1957, 10:54 UTC at 12.11° Capricorn

Stations direct 5 Jan 1958, 08:32 UTC at 25.82° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 28 Nov 1957 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Jan 1958 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.84°

6 April → 30 April 1958 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 6 Apr 1958, 14:29 UTC at 1.42° Taurus

Stations direct 30 Apr 1958, 06:42 UTC at 20.57° Aries

Shadow opens 23 Mar 1958 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 17 May 1958 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 13.02°

9 August → 2 September 1958 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 9 Aug 1958, 18:39 UTC at 8.27° Virgo

Stations direct 2 Sep 1958, 07:32 UTC at 25.25° Leo

Shadow opens 21 Jul 1958 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Sep 1958 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.29°

30 November → 20 December 1958 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 30 Nov 1958, 07:09 UTC at 26.27° Sagittarius

Stations direct 20 Dec 1958, 01:22 UTC at 9.98° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 11 Nov 1958 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Jan 1959 (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 1958

1957 Ended 5 January 1958 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

1959 Begins 19 March 1959 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1958

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.

← 1957 Mercury retrograde in 1957. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1959 → Mercury retrograde in 1959.