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Where Were the Planets on August 25, 1938?

Quick Answer

On August 25, 1938, the Sun was in Virgo (1°37' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Leo into Virgo, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 25, 1938. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°37' Leo at midnight UTC to 9°22' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 25, 1938
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	1°37'03" Virgo	Direct	Aug 23, 1938	Sep 23, 1938 into Libra
Moon	2°01'40" Virgo	Direct	Aug 25, 1938	Aug 27, 1938 into Libra
Mercury	7°00'17" Virgo	Retrograde	Jul 26, 1938	Sep 3, 1938 into Leo
Venus	17°06'15" Libra	Direct	Aug 9, 1938	Sep 7, 1938 into Scorpio
Mars	21°30'34" Leo	Direct	Jul 22, 1938	Sep 7, 1938 into Virgo
Jupiter	26°42'16" Aquarius	Retrograde	Jul 30, 1938	Dec 29, 1938 into Pisces
Saturn	17°30'03" Aries	Retrograde	Jan 14, 1938	Jul 6, 1939 into Taurus
Uranus	17°49'02" Taurus	Retrograde	Mar 28, 1935	Aug 7, 1941 into Gemini
Neptune	20°09'28" Virgo	Direct	Jul 24, 1929	Oct 3, 1942 into Libra
Pluto	0°34'11" Leo	Direct	Aug 3, 1938	Feb 7, 1939 into Cancer
North Node	21°41'10" Scorpio	Direct	Mar 21, 1938	Oct 9, 1939 into Libra

Sky Events on August 25, 1938

The Moon phase is New Moon, 0% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 25, 08:42 UTC	The Moon enters Virgo	Leaves Leo
Aug 25, 11:17 UTC	New Moon in Virgo	1°35' Virgo
Aug 25, 20:41 UTC	Venus opposite Saturn	Exact opposition

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