Jupiter retrograde 1987

1 period, 118 days inside the year — 32.2% of 1987. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 9.97°

19 August → 15 December 1987 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 19 Aug 1987, 22:57 UTC at 0.03° Taurus

Stations direct 15 Dec 1987, 14:16 UTC at 20.06° Aries

Shadow opens 26 May 1987 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Mar 1988 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 286 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1987

1986 Ended 8 November 1986 after 119 days, moving back 9.89° through the zodiac.

1988 Begins 24 September 1988 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 1987

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.

← 1986 Jupiter retrograde in 1986. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Jupiter retrograde in 1988.