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Where Were the Planets on January 1, 1948?

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On January 1, 1948, the Sun was in Capricorn (9°59' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (71% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus 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 1, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°26' Virgo at midnight UTC to 21°44' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 1, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun9°59'17" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon14°38'42" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury8°46'49" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus9°32'25" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars7°17'56" VirgoDirect into Leo
Jupiter15°14'40" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn21°57'43" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus23°29'05" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune12°56'22" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto14°29'59" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node20°47'45" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on January 1, 1948

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 71% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on January 1, 1948?

The Sun and Mercury sat 1 degrees apart in Capricorn, 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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