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Where Were the Planets on June 18, 1948?

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On June 18, 1948, the Sun was in Gemini (27°07' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (90% 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 18, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 14°26' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 27°33' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 18, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun27°07'53" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon21°01'51" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury5°33'23" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Venus6°34'47" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Mars14°14'25" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter23°39'21" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Saturn18°57'12" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus26°21'50" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune10°12'49" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto13°12'04" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node11°50'48" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on June 18, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 90% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on June 18, 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.

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