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Where Were the Planets on July 21, 1946?

Quick Answer

On July 21, 1946, the Sun was in Cancer (28°06' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (54% illuminated). Mercury was retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 21, 1946. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°58' Aries at midnight UTC to 0°48' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 21, 1946
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	28°06'19" Cancer	Direct	Jun 22, 1946	Jul 23, 1946 into Leo
Moon	23°52'13" Aries	Direct	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 21, 1946 into Taurus
Mercury	16°14'05" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 27, 1946	Sep 3, 1946 into Virgo
Venus	8°50'00" Virgo	Direct	Jul 13, 1946	Aug 9, 1946 into Libra
Mars	18°16'00" Virgo	Direct	Jun 20, 1946	Aug 9, 1946 into Libra
Jupiter	19°22'42" Libra	Direct	Aug 25, 1945	Sep 25, 1946 into Scorpio
Saturn	28°26'11" Cancer	Direct	Jun 20, 1944	Aug 2, 1946 into Leo
Uranus	19°56'20" Gemini	Direct	May 15, 1942	Aug 30, 1948 into Cancer
Neptune	6°08'55" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	10°59'54" Leo	Direct	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	18°48'31" Gemini	Direct	Dec 22, 1945	Jul 11, 1947 into Taurus

Sky Events on July 21, 1946

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 54% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 21, 19:52 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Aries	28°25' Aries
Jul 21, 21:37 UTC	The Sun conjunct Saturn	Exact conjunction
Jul 21, 22:35 UTC	The Moon enters Taurus	Leaves Aries

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