Jupiter retrograde 1968

1 period, 112 days inside the year — 30.6% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 10.02° · crosses the year boundary

22 December → 21 April 1968 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 22 Dec 1967, 08:49 UTC at 6.3° Virgo

Stations direct 21 Apr 1968, 22:24 UTC at 26.28° Leo

Shadow opens 26 Sep 1967 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Jul 1968 (89 days after)

Full window including shadows 298 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1968

1967 Ended 9 February 1968 after 50 days, moving back 3.61° through the zodiac.

1969 Begins 20 January 1969 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 1968

0.9 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.

← 1967 Jupiter retrograde in 1967. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Jupiter retrograde in 1969.