Jupiter retrograde 1940

1 period, 118 days inside the year — 32.1% of 1940. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 10.01°

4 September → 31 December 1940 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 4 Sep 1940, 13:30 UTC at 16.55° Taurus

Stations direct 31 Dec 1940, 02:25 UTC at 6.54° Taurus

Shadow opens 11 Jun 1940 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Mar 1941 (84 days after)

Full window including shadows 286 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1940

1939 Ended 24 November 1939 after 118 days, moving back 9.93° through the zodiac.

1941 Begins 10 October 1941 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 1940

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.

← 1939 Jupiter retrograde in 1939. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1941 → Jupiter retrograde in 1941.