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Where Were the Planets on October 23, 1902?

Quick Answer

On October 23, 1902, the Sun was in Libra (29°08' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (55% illuminated). Mercury, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on October 23, 1902. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°03' Cancer at midnight UTC to 0°11' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 23, 1902
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	29°08'42" Libra	Direct	Sep 23, 1902	Oct 24, 1902 into Scorpio
Moon	23°09'29" Cancer	Direct	Oct 21, 1902	Oct 23, 1902 into Leo
Mercury	21°17'53" Libra	Retrograde	Oct 15, 1902	Nov 10, 1902 into Scorpio
Venus	19°58'53" Libra	Direct	Oct 7, 1902	Oct 31, 1902 into Scorpio
Mars	29°44'12" Leo	Direct	Sep 4, 1902	Oct 23, 1902 into Virgo
Jupiter	8°00'26" Aquarius	Direct	Feb 6, 1902	Feb 20, 1903 into Pisces
Saturn	21°47'08" Capricorn	Direct	Oct 17, 1900	Jan 19, 1903 into Aquarius
Uranus	18°36'36" Sagittarius	Direct	Sep 11, 1898	Dec 20, 1904 into Capricorn
Neptune	3°39'17" Cancer	Retrograde	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	19°30'13" Gemini	Retrograde	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	24°51'08" Libra	Direct	Jul 18, 1902	Feb 4, 1904 into Virgo

Sky Events on October 23, 1902

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 55% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Oct 23, 00:29 UTC	Mercury square Saturn	Exact square
Oct 23, 02:55 UTC	Venus trine Pluto	Exact trine
Oct 23, 22:54 UTC	Mars enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Oct 23, 22:58 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Cancer	29°36' Cancer
Oct 23, 23:38 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

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