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Where Were the Planets on January 2, 1948?

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On January 2, 1948, the Sun was in Capricorn (11°00' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Virgo into Libra, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (61% 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 2, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°44' Virgo at midnight UTC to 5°38' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 2, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun11°00'26" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon28°44'58" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury10°23'05" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus10°46'38" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars7°22'47" VirgoDirect into Leo
Jupiter15°27'31" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn21°54'43" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus23°26'40" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune12°56'49" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto14°28'52" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node20°44'35" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on January 2, 1948

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 61% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LibraLeaves Virgo

Born on January 2, 1948?

The Sun and Mercury sat less than a degree 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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