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Where Were the Planets on March 16, 1946?

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On March 16, 1946, the Sun was in Pisces (25°17' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (98% illuminated). Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on March 16, 1946. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 3°30' Virgo at midnight UTC to 16°24' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 16, 1946
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun25°17'55" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon9°59'23" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury10°13'06" AriesStationing retrograde into Pisces
Venus5°46'47" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars16°56'09" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter25°42'06" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Saturn17°57'45" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Uranus13°39'57" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune7°35'04" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto9°43'26" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node25°32'01" GeminiDirect into Taurus

Sky Events on March 16, 1946

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on March 16, 1946?

Mars and Saturn sat 1 degrees apart in Cancer, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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