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Where Were the Planets on January 24, 1947?

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On January 24, 1947, the Sun was in Aquarius (3°40' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (5% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus, 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 January 24, 1947. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°32' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 3°57' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 24, 1947
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun3°40'01" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Moon27°43'45" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mercury4°25'23" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus16°53'37" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars29°13'44" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Jupiter24°03'18" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn5°34'55" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus18°10'20" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune10°45'58" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto12°23'20" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node8°54'22" GeminiDirect into Taurus

Sky Events on January 24, 1947

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters PiscesLeaves Aquarius

Born on January 24, 1947?

The Sun and Mercury sat less than a degree apart in Aquarius, 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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