Jupiter retrograde 1980

1 period, 116 days inside the year — 31.8% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 10.01° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 26 April 1980 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1979, 14:00 UTC at 10.51° Virgo

Stations direct 26 Apr 1980, 08:28 UTC at 0.5° Virgo

Shadow opens 30 Sep 1979 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Jul 1980 (90 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 1980

1979 Ended 9 February 1980 after 45 days, moving back 3.07° through the zodiac.

1981 Begins 24 January 1981 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 1980

1 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.

← 1979 Jupiter retrograde in 1979. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Jupiter retrograde in 1981.