Jupiter retrograde 2008

1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.3% of 2008. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.84°

9 May → 8 September 2008 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 May 2008, 13:28 UTC at 22.33° Capricorn

Stations direct 8 Sep 2008, 06:39 UTC at 12.49° Capricorn

Shadow opens 13 Feb 2008 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Dec 2008 (85 days after)

Full window including shadows 292 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 2008

2007 Ended 7 August 2007 after 123 days, moving back 9.85° through the zodiac.

2009 Begins 15 June 2009 and runs 120 days.

Gap across 2008

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.

← 2007 Jupiter retrograde in 2007. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2009 → Jupiter retrograde in 2009.