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Where Were the Planets on March 21, 1939?

Quick Answer

On March 21, 1939, the Sun was in Pisces (29°58' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on March 21, 1939. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°37' Pisces at midnight UTC to 11°02' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 21, 1939
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	29°58'49" Pisces	Direct	Feb 19, 1939	Mar 21, 1939 into Aries
Moon	4°48'47" Aries	Direct	Mar 21, 1939	Mar 23, 1939 into Taurus
Mercury	16°58'19" Aries	Direct	Mar 7, 1939	May 14, 1939 into Taurus
Venus	18°25'51" Aquarius	Direct	Mar 5, 1939	Mar 31, 1939 into Pisces
Mars	0°06'22" Capricorn	Direct	Mar 21, 1939	May 25, 1939 into Aquarius
Jupiter	18°38'58" Pisces	Direct	Dec 29, 1938	May 11, 1939 into Aries
Saturn	18°20'45" Aries	Direct	Jan 14, 1938	Jul 6, 1939 into Taurus
Uranus	15°13'17" Taurus	Direct	Mar 28, 1935	Aug 7, 1941 into Gemini
Neptune	21°44'33" Virgo	Retrograde	Jul 24, 1929	Oct 3, 1942 into Libra
Pluto	29°19'30" Cancer	Retrograde	Feb 7, 1939	Jun 14, 1939 into Leo
North Node	10°40'19" Scorpio	Direct	Mar 21, 1938	Oct 9, 1939 into Libra

Sky Events on March 21, 1939

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

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 21, 01:49 UTC	New Moon in Pisces	29°33' Pisces
Mar 21, 02:40 UTC	The Moon enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Mar 21, 07:27 UTC	Mars enters Capricorn	Leaves Sagittarius
Mar 21, 10:02 UTC	Venus sextile Saturn	Exact sextile
Mar 21, 12:28 UTC	The Sun enters Aries	March Equinox
Mar 21, 18:56 UTC	The Sun square Mars	Exact square

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