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Where Were the Planets on March 18, 1946?

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On March 18, 1946, the Sun was in Pisces (27°17' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Virgo into Libra, and the Moon phase was Full Moon (99% illuminated). Mercury, 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 18, 1946. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 29°07' Virgo at midnight UTC to 11°36' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 18, 1946
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun27°17'15" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon5°23'46" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury10°01'29" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Venus8°15'56" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars17°25'08" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter25°30'24" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Saturn17°57'06" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Uranus13°42'34" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune7°31'50" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto9°41'39" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node25°25'40" GeminiDirect into Taurus

Sky Events on March 18, 1946

The Moon phase is Full Moon, 99% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LibraLeaves Virgo

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Mars and Saturn sat less than a degree 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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