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Where Were the Planets on March 16, 1926?

Quick Answer

On March 16, 1926, the Sun was in Pisces (25°09' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (8% illuminated). Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on March 16, 1926. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°21' Aries at midnight UTC to 4°38' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 16, 1926
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	25°09'07" Pisces	Direct	Feb 19, 1926	Mar 21, 1926 into Aries
Moon	27°33'46" Aries	Direct	Mar 14, 1926	Mar 16, 1926 into Taurus
Mercury	13°02'03" Aries	Direct	Mar 6, 1926	May 13, 1926 into Taurus
Venus	15°02'53" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 5, 1925	Apr 6, 1926 into Pisces
Mars	25°11'08" Capricorn	Direct	Feb 9, 1926	Mar 23, 1926 into Aquarius
Jupiter	15°57'28" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 6, 1926	Jan 18, 1927 into Pisces
Saturn	25°59'16" Scorpio	Retrograde	Sep 13, 1924	Dec 2, 1926 into Sagittarius
Uranus	25°24'22" Pisces	Direct	Jan 22, 1920	Mar 31, 1927 into Aries
Neptune	22°35'03" Leo	Retrograde	May 2, 1916	Sep 21, 1928 into Virgo
Pluto	12°36'28" Cancer	Retrograde	May 26, 1914	Oct 7, 1937 into Leo
North Node	22°21'41" Cancer	Direct	Oct 23, 1925	May 12, 1927 into Gemini

Sky Events on March 16, 1926

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 8% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 16, 14:54 UTC	The Sun sextile Mars	Exact sextile
Mar 16, 16:06 UTC	The Moon enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
Mar 16, 18:30 UTC	The Sun conjunct Uranus	Exact conjunction
Mar 16, 20:00 UTC	Mars sextile Uranus	Exact sextile

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