Jupiter retrograde 1981

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.7% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.95°

24 January → 27 May 1981 in Libra

Stations retrograde 24 Jan 1981, 16:41 UTC at 10.61° Libra

Stations direct 27 May 1981, 16:26 UTC at 0.66° Libra

Shadow opens 29 Oct 1980 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Aug 1981 (90 days after)

Full window including shadows 300 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1981

1980 Ended 26 April 1980 after 122 days, moving back 10.01° through the zodiac.

1982 Begins 24 February 1982 and runs 124 days.

Gap across 1981

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.

← 1980 Jupiter retrograde in 1980. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Jupiter retrograde in 1982.