Jupiter retrograde 1900

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.8% of 1900. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.86°

27 March → 29 July 1900 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 27 Mar 1900, 19:29 UTC at 12.23° Sagittarius

Stations direct 29 Jul 1900, 01:36 UTC at 2.38° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 31 Dec 1899 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Oct 1900 (87 days after)

Full window including shadows 297 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1900

1899 Ended 27 June 1899 after 124 days, moving back 9.9° through the zodiac.

1901 Begins 30 April 1901 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 1900

1.8 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.

All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1901 → Jupiter retrograde in 1901.