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Where Were the Planets on January 6, 1948?

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On January 6, 1948, the Sun was in Capricorn (15°05' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (21% 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 6, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 15°02' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 27°34' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 6, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun15°05'05" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon21°20'28" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury16°51'50" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus15°43'17" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars7°34'58" VirgoStationing retrograde into Leo
Jupiter16°18'29" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn21°41'49" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus23°17'10" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune12°58'15" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto14°24'12" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node20°31'52" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on January 6, 1948

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 21% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on January 6, 1948?

The Sun and Mercury sat 2 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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