Skip to Content
Selfgazer
Menu

The Sky on a Date

Where Were the Planets on June 17, 1948?

Quick Answer

On June 17, 1948, the Sun was in Gemini (26°10' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (83% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune were retrograde.

The Sun met Uranus in Gemini. Sudden urges to break routine. Expect the unplanned.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on June 17, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 1°05' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 14°25' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 17, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°10'38" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon7°47'25" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury5°59'13" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Venus7°07'23" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Mars13°43'39" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter23°47'00" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Saturn18°51'34" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus26°18'15" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune10°12'56" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto13°10'44" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node11°53'59" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on June 17, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 83% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Sun conjunct UranusSudden urges to break routine. Expect the unplanned.

Born on June 17, 1948?

The Sun and Uranus sat less than a degree 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.

Create Your Birth Chart

Look Up Another Date

Data for this page: JSON. Free to cite with a link to this page.