Jupiter retrograde 1939

1 period, 118 days inside the year — 32.3% of 1939. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 9.93°

29 July → 24 November 1939 in Aries

Stations retrograde 29 Jul 1939, 21:36 UTC at 9.71° Aries

Stations direct 24 Nov 1939, 23:13 UTC at 29.78° Pisces

Shadow opens 5 May 1939 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Feb 1940 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 286 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1939

1938 Ended 19 October 1938 after 120 days, moving back 9.86° through the zodiac.

1940 Begins 4 September 1940 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 1939

1.9 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.

← 1938 Jupiter retrograde in 1938. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Jupiter retrograde in 1940.