Jupiter retrograde 1983

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.8% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.86°

27 March → 29 July 1983 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 27 Mar 1983, 21:58 UTC at 11.11° Sagittarius

Stations direct 29 Jul 1983, 04:40 UTC at 1.24° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 31 Dec 1982 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Oct 1983 (87 days after)

Full window including shadows 297 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1983

1982 Ended 27 June 1982 after 124 days, moving back 9.9° through the zodiac.

1984 Begins 29 April 1984 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 1983

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.

← 1982 Jupiter retrograde in 1982. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Jupiter retrograde in 1984.