Jupiter retrograde 1996

1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.3% of 1996. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.84°

4 May → 3 September 1996 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 May 1996, 15:11 UTC at 17.73° Capricorn

Stations direct 3 Sep 1996, 13:43 UTC at 7.89° Capricorn

Shadow opens 8 Feb 1996 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Nov 1996 (85 days after)

Full window including shadows 293 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 1996

1995 Ended 2 August 1995 after 123 days, moving back 9.86° through the zodiac.

1997 Begins 10 June 1997 and runs 120 days.

Gap across 1996

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.

← 1995 Jupiter retrograde in 1995. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1997 → Jupiter retrograde in 1997.