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Where Were the Planets on July 28, 1946?

Quick Answer

On July 28, 1946, the Sun was in Leo (4°47' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Mercury was retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 28, 1946. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 27°36' Cancer at midnight UTC to 12°02' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 28, 1946
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	4°47'38" Leo	Direct	Jul 23, 1946	Aug 23, 1946 into Virgo
Moon	4°51'17" Leo	Direct	Jul 28, 1946	Jul 30, 1946 into Virgo
Mercury	13°22'32" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 27, 1946	Sep 3, 1946 into Virgo
Venus	16°46'50" Virgo	Direct	Jul 13, 1946	Aug 9, 1946 into Libra
Mars	22°31'50" Virgo	Direct	Jun 20, 1946	Aug 9, 1946 into Libra
Jupiter	20°08'30" Libra	Direct	Aug 25, 1945	Sep 25, 1946 into Scorpio
Saturn	29°20'30" Cancer	Direct	Jun 20, 1944	Aug 2, 1946 into Leo
Uranus	20°16'24" Gemini	Direct	May 15, 1942	Aug 30, 1948 into Cancer
Neptune	6°17'04" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	11°12'13" Leo	Direct	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	18°26'16" Gemini	Direct	Dec 22, 1945	Jul 11, 1947 into Taurus

Sky Events on July 28, 1946

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

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 28, 03:57 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Jul 28, 11:54 UTC	New Moon in Leo	4°47' Leo

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