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Where Were the Planets on May 17, 1914?

Quick Answer

On May 17, 1914, the Sun was in Taurus (25°43' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (44% illuminated). Uranus was retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on May 17, 1914. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°05' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 8°14' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 17, 1914
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	25°43'26" Taurus	Direct	Apr 20, 1914	May 21, 1914 into Gemini
Moon	2°12'04" Pisces	Direct	May 17, 1914	May 19, 1914 into Aries
Mercury	25°47'55" Taurus	Direct	May 5, 1914	May 19, 1914 into Gemini
Venus	19°24'24" Gemini	Direct	May 1, 1914	May 26, 1914 into Cancer
Mars	7°57'34" Leo	Direct	May 1, 1914	Jun 26, 1914 into Virgo
Jupiter	21°19'29" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 21, 1914	Feb 4, 1915 into Pisces
Saturn	18°13'07" Gemini	Direct	Mar 26, 1913	Aug 24, 1914 into Cancer
Uranus	11°37'01" Aquarius	Stationing direct	Nov 12, 1912	Apr 1, 1919 into Pisces
Neptune	25°53'12" Cancer	Direct	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	29°48'02" Gemini	Direct	Dec 28, 1913	May 26, 1914 into Cancer
North Node	11°10'30" Pisces	Direct	May 27, 1913	Dec 14, 1914 into Aquarius

Sky Events on May 17, 1914

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 45% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
May 17, 07:39 UTC	The Moon enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius
May 17, 10:32 UTC	The Sun conjunct Mercury	Exact conjunction
May 17, 12:58 UTC	Mercury sextile Neptune	Exact sextile
May 17, 16:08 UTC	The Sun sextile Neptune	Exact sextile

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