Jupiter retrograde 1972

1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.4% of 1972. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.84°

24 April → 25 August 1972 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 24 Apr 1972, 21:51 UTC at 8.64° Capricorn

Stations direct 25 Aug 1972, 06:17 UTC at 28.8° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 29 Jan 1972 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Nov 1972 (86 days after)

Full window including shadows 294 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 1972

1971 Ended 24 July 1971 after 123 days, moving back 9.87° through the zodiac.

1973 Begins 30 May 1973 and runs 121 days.

Gap across 1972

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.

← 1971 Jupiter retrograde in 1971. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Jupiter retrograde in 1973.