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Where Were the Planets on August 20, 1946?

Quick Answer

On August 20, 1946, the Sun was in Leo (26°51' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (45% illuminated). No planets were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 20, 1946. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 25°40' Taurus at midnight UTC to 9°47' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 20, 1946
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	26°51'01" Leo	Direct	Jul 23, 1946	Aug 23, 1946 into Virgo
Moon	2°43'26" Gemini	Direct	Aug 20, 1946	Aug 22, 1946 into Cancer
Mercury	8°21'58" Leo	Direct	Jun 27, 1946	Sep 3, 1946 into Virgo
Venus	12°03'23" Libra	Direct	Aug 9, 1946	Sep 7, 1946 into Scorpio
Mars	6°54'53" Libra	Direct	Aug 9, 1946	Sep 24, 1946 into Scorpio
Jupiter	23°21'38" Libra	Direct	Aug 25, 1945	Sep 25, 1946 into Scorpio
Saturn	2°14'32" Leo	Direct	Aug 2, 1946	Sep 19, 1948 into Virgo
Uranus	21°10'26" Gemini	Direct	May 15, 1942	Aug 30, 1948 into Cancer
Neptune	6°52'37" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	11°52'56" Leo	Direct	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	17°13'12" Gemini	Direct	Dec 22, 1945	Jul 11, 1947 into Taurus

Sky Events on August 20, 1946

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 45% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 20, 01:17 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Taurus	26°25' Taurus
Aug 20, 07:22 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Aug 20, 07:57 UTC	Venus sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Aug 20, 10:31 UTC	Mars conjunct Neptune	Exact conjunction

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