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Where Were the Planets on August 30, 1905?

Quick Answer

On August 30, 1905, the Sun was in Virgo (6°25' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Leo into Virgo, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Mercury, Saturn and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 30, 1905. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°28' Leo at midnight UTC to 13°02' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 30, 1905
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	6°25'16" Virgo	Direct	Aug 23, 1905	Sep 23, 1905 into Libra
Moon	5°43'46" Virgo	Direct	Aug 30, 1905	Sep 1, 1905 into Libra
Mercury	5°40'39" Virgo	Retrograde	Jul 27, 1905	Oct 1, 1905 into Libra
Venus	27°16'50" Cancer	Direct	Aug 6, 1905	Sep 1, 1905 into Leo
Mars	4°58'50" Sagittarius	Direct	Aug 21, 1905	Oct 8, 1905 into Capricorn
Jupiter	5°23'08" Gemini	Direct	Jul 21, 1905	Dec 4, 1905 into Taurus
Saturn	28°59'02" Aquarius	Retrograde	Aug 17, 1905	Jan 8, 1906 into Pisces
Uranus	0°17'10" Capricorn	Retrograde	Dec 20, 1904	Jan 30, 1912 into Aquarius
Neptune	9°52'29" Cancer	Direct	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	22°38'27" Gemini	Direct	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	29°40'27" Leo	Direct	Aug 24, 1905	Mar 13, 1907 into Cancer

Sky Events on August 30, 1905

The Moon phase is New Moon, 0% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 30, 02:32 UTC	The Moon enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Aug 30, 02:34 UTC	The Sun conjunct Mercury	Exact conjunction
Aug 30, 13:07 UTC	Total Solar Eclipse in Virgo	6°27' Virgo
Aug 30, 19:00 UTC	Mercury square Jupiter	Exact square
Aug 30, 23:06 UTC	Mercury square Mars	Exact square

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