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Where Were the Planets on August 20, 1905?

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On August 20, 1905, the Sun was in Leo (26°46' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (75% illuminated). Mercury, Saturn and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 20, 1905. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°36' Aries at midnight UTC to 2°26' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 20, 1905
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	26°46'06" Leo	Direct	Jul 23, 1905	Aug 23, 1905 into Virgo
Moon	26°31'55" Aries	Direct	Aug 18, 1905	Aug 20, 1905 into Taurus
Mercury	13°14'57" Virgo	Retrograde	Jul 27, 1905	Oct 1, 1905 into Libra
Venus	15°48'33" Cancer	Direct	Aug 6, 1905	Sep 1, 1905 into Leo
Mars	29°16'28" Scorpio	Direct	Jan 13, 1905	Aug 21, 1905 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	4°24'59" Gemini	Direct	Jul 21, 1905	Dec 4, 1905 into Taurus
Saturn	29°44'15" Aquarius	Retrograde	Aug 17, 1905	Jan 8, 1906 into Pisces
Uranus	0°24'40" Capricorn	Retrograde	Dec 20, 1904	Jan 30, 1912 into Aquarius
Neptune	9°37'14" Cancer	Direct	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	22°32'20" Gemini	Direct	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	0°12'14" Virgo	Direct	Feb 4, 1904	Aug 24, 1905 into Leo

Sky Events on August 20, 1905

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 75% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 20, 19:01 UTC	The Moon enters Taurus	Leaves Aries

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