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Where Were the Planets on August 17, 1930?

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On August 17, 1930, the Sun was in Leo (23°50' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (50% illuminated). Saturn and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 17, 1930. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°35' Taurus at midnight UTC to 0°40' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 17, 1930
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	23°50'29" Leo	Direct	Jul 23, 1930	Aug 23, 1930 into Virgo
Moon	24°05'25" Taurus	Direct	Aug 15, 1930	Aug 17, 1930 into Gemini
Mercury	19°41'07" Virgo	Direct	Aug 4, 1930	Aug 26, 1930 into Libra
Venus	8°13'05" Libra	Direct	Aug 10, 1930	Sep 7, 1930 into Scorpio
Mars	22°58'21" Gemini	Direct	Jul 14, 1930	Aug 28, 1930 into Cancer
Jupiter	11°09'36" Cancer	Direct	Jun 26, 1930	Jul 17, 1931 into Leo
Saturn	5°41'43" Capricorn	Retrograde	Nov 30, 1929	Feb 24, 1932 into Aquarius
Uranus	15°05'30" Aries	Retrograde	Jan 13, 1928	Jun 6, 1934 into Taurus
Neptune	2°57'27" Virgo	Direct	Jul 24, 1929	Oct 3, 1942 into Libra
Pluto	20°04'06" Cancer	Direct	May 26, 1914	Oct 7, 1937 into Leo
North Node	26°50'28" Aries	Direct	Jun 18, 1930	Jan 6, 1932 into Pisces

Sky Events on August 17, 1930

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 50% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 17, 11:31 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Taurus	23°49' Taurus
Aug 17, 19:21 UTC	Mercury sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Aug 17, 22:45 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus

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