Jupiter retrograde 1948

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.5% of 1948. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.85°

15 April → 16 August 1948 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 15 Apr 1948, 08:51 UTC at 29.7° Sagittarius

Stations direct 16 Aug 1948, 01:56 UTC at 19.86° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 20 Jan 1948 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Nov 1948 (86 days after)

Full window including shadows 295 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 1948

1947 Ended 15 July 1947 after 124 days, moving back 9.87° through the zodiac.

1949 Begins 20 May 1949 and runs 121 days.

Gap across 1948

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.

← 1947 Jupiter retrograde in 1947. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1949 → Jupiter retrograde in 1949.