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Where Were the Planets on July 16, 1908?

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On July 16, 1908, the Sun was in Cancer (23°30' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (90% illuminated). Venus and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 16, 1908. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 22°31' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 7°27' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 16, 1908
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	23°30'30" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1908	Jul 23, 1908 into Leo
Moon	0°01'16" Pisces	Direct	Jul 16, 1908	Jul 18, 1908 into Aries
Mercury	8°10'43" Cancer	Stationing retrograde	May 30, 1908	Aug 6, 1908 into Leo
Venus	7°50'09" Cancer	Retrograde	May 5, 1908	Sep 8, 1908 into Leo
Mars	5°19'13" Leo	Direct	Jul 8, 1908	Aug 24, 1908 into Virgo
Jupiter	17°30'29" Leo	Direct	Aug 18, 1907	Sep 12, 1908 into Virgo
Saturn	10°09'02" Aries	Direct	Mar 19, 1908	May 17, 1910 into Taurus
Uranus	14°33'35" Capricorn	Retrograde	Dec 20, 1904	Jan 30, 1912 into Aquarius
Neptune	14°56'29" Cancer	Direct	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	24°59'39" Gemini	Direct	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	4°01'11" Cancer	Direct	Mar 13, 1907	Sep 30, 1908 into Gemini

Sky Events on July 16, 1908

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 90% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 16, 11:57 UTC	The Moon enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius

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