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Where Were the Planets on May 8, 1902?

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On May 8, 1902, the Sun was in Taurus (16°56' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Saturn and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on May 8, 1902. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°11' Taurus at midnight UTC to 2°17' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 8, 1902
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°56'59" Taurus	Direct	Apr 21, 1902	May 22, 1902 into Gemini
Moon	24°44'33" Taurus	Direct	May 6, 1902	May 8, 1902 into Gemini
Mercury	27°57'20" Taurus	Direct	Apr 25, 1902	May 9, 1902 into Gemini
Venus	1°15'06" Aries	Direct	May 7, 1902	Jun 3, 1902 into Taurus
Mars	8°13'40" Taurus	Direct	Apr 27, 1902	Jun 7, 1902 into Gemini
Jupiter	15°58'40" Aquarius	Direct	Feb 6, 1902	Feb 20, 1903 into Pisces
Saturn	27°48'01" Capricorn	Stationing direct	Oct 17, 1900	Jan 19, 1903 into Aquarius
Uranus	20°34'00" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Sep 11, 1898	Dec 20, 1904 into Capricorn
Neptune	29°35'41" Gemini	Direct	Dec 25, 1901	May 21, 1902 into Cancer
Pluto	17°26'41" Gemini	Direct	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	3°44'55" Scorpio	Direct	Dec 28, 1900	Jul 18, 1902 into Libra

Sky Events on May 8, 1902

The Moon phase is New Moon, 1% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
May 8, 10:11 UTC	Mercury trine Saturn	Exact trine
May 8, 20:20 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus

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