Jupiter retrograde 1959

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.8% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.87°

18 March → 20 July 1959 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 18 Mar 1959, 21:43 UTC at 2.57° Sagittarius

Stations direct 20 Jul 1959, 08:23 UTC at 22.7° Scorpio

Shadow opens 22 Dec 1958 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Oct 1959 (88 days after)

Full window including shadows 298 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 1959

1958 Ended 19 June 1958 after 123 days, moving back 9.91° through the zodiac.

1960 Begins 20 April 1960 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 1959

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.

← 1958 Jupiter retrograde in 1958. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Jupiter retrograde in 1960.