Mercury retrograde 1989

4 periods, 68 days inside the year — 18.6% of 1989. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.91°

16 January → 5 February 1989 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 16 Jan 1989, 01:36 UTC at 12.04° Aquarius

Stations direct 5 Feb 1989, 20:12 UTC at 26.13° Capricorn

Shadow opens 31 Dec 1988 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Feb 1989 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.7°

12 May → 5 June 1989 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 12 May 1989, 11:46 UTC at 7° Gemini

Stations direct 5 Jun 1989, 08:16 UTC at 28.31° Taurus

Shadow opens 28 Apr 1989 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Jun 1989 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.82°

11 September → 3 October 1989 in Libra

Stations retrograde 11 Sep 1989, 20:49 UTC at 10.7° Libra

Stations direct 3 Oct 1989, 23:42 UTC at 25.88° Virgo

Shadow opens 22 Aug 1989 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Oct 1989 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.2° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 20 January 1990 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1989, 23:15 UTC at 26.03° Capricorn

Stations direct 20 Jan 1990, 04:33 UTC at 9.84° Capricorn

Shadow opens 14 Dec 1989 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Feb 1990 (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 1989

1988 Ended 20 October 1988 after 21 days, moving back 15.41° through the zodiac.

1990 Begins 30 December 1989 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1989

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.

← 1988 Mercury retrograde in 1988. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1990 → Mercury retrograde in 1990.