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Where Were the Planets on June 16, 1948?

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On June 16, 1948, the Sun was in Gemini (25°13' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (74% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune 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 June 16, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°31' Libra at midnight UTC to 1°04' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 16, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun25°13'22" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon24°20'19" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury6°21'50" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Venus7°38'25" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Mars13°13'01" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter23°54'39" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Saturn18°46'00" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus26°14'41" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune10°13'04" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto13°09'26" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node11°57'10" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on June 16, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 74% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters ScorpioLeaves Libra

Born on June 16, 1948?

The Sun and Uranus sat 1 degrees apart in Gemini, 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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