Mercury retrograde 1998

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1998. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.7°

27 March → 20 April 1998 in Aries

Stations retrograde 27 Mar 1998, 19:32 UTC at 21.52° Aries
Stations direct 20 Apr 1998, 07:35 UTC at 9.82° Aries
Shadow opens 14 Mar 1998 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 8 May 1998 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.31°

31 July → 23 August 1998 in Leo

Stations retrograde 31 Jul 1998, 02:17 UTC at 28.28° Leo
Stations direct 23 Aug 1998, 22:33 UTC at 15.98° Leo
Shadow opens 12 Jul 1998 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Sep 1998 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.25°

21 November → 11 December 1998 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 21 Nov 1998, 11:33 UTC at 17.58° Sagittarius
Stations direct 11 Dec 1998, 06:31 UTC at 1.33° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 2 Nov 1998 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Dec 1998 (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 1998

Previous

1997 Ended 27 December 1997 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins 10 March 1999 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1998

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.

← 1997 Mercury retrograde in 1997. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Mercury retrograde in 1999.