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Where Were the Planets on October 16, 1924?

Quick Answer

On October 16, 1924, the Sun was in Libra (22°50' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (87% illuminated). Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on October 16, 1924. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°17' Taurus at midnight UTC to 10°18' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 16, 1924
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	22°50'31" Libra	Direct	Sep 23, 1924	Oct 23, 1924 into Scorpio
Moon	4°19'29" Gemini	Direct	Oct 16, 1924	Oct 18, 1924 into Cancer
Mercury	16°06'28" Libra	Direct	Oct 7, 1924	Oct 24, 1924 into Scorpio
Venus	10°02'59" Virgo	Direct	Oct 7, 1924	Nov 2, 1924 into Libra
Mars	29°00'21" Aquarius	Direct	Aug 24, 1924	Oct 19, 1924 into Pisces
Jupiter	16°50'48" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 24, 1923	Dec 18, 1924 into Capricorn
Saturn	3°39'50" Scorpio	Direct	Sep 13, 1924	Dec 2, 1926 into Sagittarius
Uranus	18°16'47" Pisces	Retrograde	Jan 22, 1920	Mar 31, 1927 into Aries
Neptune	22°09'33" Leo	Direct	May 2, 1916	Sep 21, 1928 into Virgo
Pluto	13°33'28" Cancer	Retrograde	May 26, 1914	Oct 7, 1937 into Leo
North Node	19°41'08" Leo	Direct	Apr 4, 1924	Oct 23, 1925 into Cancer

Sky Events on October 16, 1924

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 87% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Oct 16, 03:22 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Oct 16, 23:23 UTC	Mercury sextile Jupiter	Exact sextile

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