Mercury retrograde 1976

4 periods, 71 days inside the year — 19.3% of 1976. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.97°

14 January → 3 February 1976 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 14 Jan 1976, 06:38 UTC at 9.63° Aquarius

Stations direct 3 Feb 1976, 22:59 UTC at 23.66° Capricorn

Shadow opens 29 Dec 1975 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Feb 1976 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.79°

9 May → 2 June 1976 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 9 May 1976, 05:02 UTC at 4.06° Gemini

Stations direct 2 Jun 1976, 01:19 UTC at 25.27° Taurus

Shadow opens 25 Apr 1976 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Jun 1976 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.71°

8 September → 1 October 1976 in Libra

Stations retrograde 8 Sep 1976, 22:04 UTC at 8.18° Libra

Stations direct 1 Oct 1976, 03:53 UTC at 23.47° Virgo

Shadow opens 19 Aug 1976 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Oct 1976 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.22° · crosses the year boundary

28 December → 17 January 1977 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 28 Dec 1976, 04:24 UTC at 23.64° Capricorn

Stations direct 17 Jan 1977, 08:06 UTC at 7.42° Capricorn

Shadow opens 11 Dec 1976 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 5 Feb 1977 (20 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 1976

1975 Ended 18 October 1975 after 21 days, moving back 15.34° through the zodiac.

1977 Begins 28 December 1976 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1976

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.

← 1975 Mercury retrograde in 1975. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1977 → Mercury retrograde in 1977.