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Where Were the Planets on July 14, 1947?

Quick Answer

On July 14, 1947, the Sun was in Cancer (21°12' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (19% illuminated). Mercury and Jupiter were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 14, 1947. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 22°44' Taurus at midnight UTC to 7°01' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 14, 1947
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	21°12'01" Cancer	Direct	Jun 22, 1947	Jul 23, 1947 into Leo
Moon	29°50'06" Taurus	Direct	Jul 12, 1947	Jul 14, 1947 into Gemini
Mercury	21°38'36" Cancer	Retrograde	Jun 2, 1947	Aug 10, 1947 into Leo
Venus	7°15'15" Cancer	Direct	Jul 8, 1947	Aug 2, 1947 into Leo
Mars	9°23'42" Gemini	Direct	Jul 1, 1947	Aug 13, 1947 into Cancer
Jupiter	17°41'40" Scorpio	Stationing direct	Sep 25, 1946	Oct 24, 1947 into Sagittarius
Saturn	9°36'34" Leo	Direct	Aug 2, 1946	Sep 19, 1948 into Virgo
Uranus	23°41'37" Gemini	Direct	May 15, 1942	Aug 30, 1948 into Cancer
Neptune	8°11'19" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	12°18'25" Leo	Direct	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	29°51'04" Taurus	Direct	Jul 11, 1947	Jan 28, 1949 into Aries

Sky Events on July 14, 1947

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 19% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 14, 12:16 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Jul 14, 18:36 UTC	The Sun conjunct Mercury	Exact conjunction
Jul 14, 21:00 UTC	Mars sextile Saturn	Exact sextile

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