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Where Were the Planets on July 21, 1916?

Quick Answer

On July 21, 1916, the Sun was in Cancer (28°21' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (55% illuminated). Venus and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 21, 1916. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°00' Aries at midnight UTC to 29°02' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 21, 1916
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	28°21'17" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1916	Jul 23, 1916 into Leo
Moon	22°35'04" Aries	Direct	Jul 19, 1916	Jul 22, 1916 into Taurus
Mercury	20°21'10" Cancer	Direct	Jul 10, 1916	Jul 26, 1916 into Leo
Venus	3°31'03" Cancer	Retrograde	May 5, 1916	Sep 8, 1916 into Leo
Mars	28°58'31" Virgo	Direct	May 28, 1916	Jul 23, 1916 into Libra
Jupiter	3°28'40" Taurus	Direct	Jun 26, 1916	Oct 26, 1916 into Aries
Saturn	21°13'54" Cancer	Direct	May 11, 1915	Oct 17, 1916 into Leo
Uranus	18°30'34" Aquarius	Retrograde	Nov 12, 1912	Apr 1, 1919 into Pisces
Neptune	2°14'14" Leo	Direct	May 2, 1916	Sep 21, 1928 into Virgo
Pluto	3°27'11" Cancer	Direct	May 26, 1914	Oct 7, 1937 into Leo
North Node	29°01'26" Capricorn	Direct	Jul 3, 1916	Jan 20, 1918 into Sagittarius

Sky Events on July 21, 1916

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

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 21, 05:01 UTC	Jupiter sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Jul 21, 15:40 UTC	Venus sextile Jupiter	Exact sextile
Jul 21, 21:00 UTC	Venus conjunct Pluto	Exact conjunction
Jul 21, 22:45 UTC	Mercury conjunct Saturn	Exact conjunction
Jul 21, 23:33 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Aries	28°49' Aries

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