Jupiter retrograde 2016

1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.4% of 2016. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.99°

8 January → 9 May 2016 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 8 Jan 2016, 04:03 UTC at 23.02° Virgo

Stations direct 9 May 2016, 12:00 UTC at 13.04° Virgo

Shadow opens 13 Oct 2015 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Aug 2016 (90 days after)

Full window including shadows 299 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2016

2015 Ended 8 April 2015 after 121 days, moving back 10.04° through the zodiac.

2017 Begins 6 February 2017 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 2016

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.

← 2015 Jupiter retrograde in 2015. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2017 → Jupiter retrograde in 2017.