Mercury retrograde 1962

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1962. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.57°

27 January → 17 February 1962 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 27 Jan 1962, 15:23 UTC at 23.35° Aquarius
Stations direct 17 Feb 1962, 21:25 UTC at 7.78° Aquarius
Shadow opens 12 Jan 1962 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 10 Mar 1962 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.56°

26 May → 19 June 1962 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 26 May 1962, 09:10 UTC at 20.93° Gemini
Stations direct 19 Jun 1962, 07:30 UTC at 12.37° Gemini
Shadow opens 11 May 1962 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Jul 1962 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 15.26°

24 September → 15 October 1962 in Libra

Stations retrograde 24 Sep 1962, 01:42 UTC at 22.3° Libra
Stations direct 15 Oct 1962, 14:56 UTC at 7.04° Libra
Shadow opens 3 Sep 1962 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Oct 1962 (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 1962

Previous

1961 Ended 31 October 1961 after 21 days, moving back 15.71° through the zodiac.

Next

1963 Begins 11 January 1963 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1962

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.

← 1961 Mercury retrograde in 1961. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1963 → Mercury retrograde in 1963.