Jupiter retrograde 1960

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.5% of 1960. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.84°

20 April → 20 August 1960 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 20 Apr 1960, 02:49 UTC at 4.15° Capricorn

Stations direct 20 Aug 1960, 15:44 UTC at 24.31° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 24 Jan 1960 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Nov 1960 (86 days after)

Full window including shadows 295 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1960

1959 Ended 20 July 1959 after 123 days, moving back 9.87° through the zodiac.

1961 Begins 25 May 1961 and runs 121 days.

Gap across 1960

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.

← 1959 Jupiter retrograde in 1959. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1961 → Jupiter retrograde in 1961.