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Where Were the Planets on June 20, 1948?

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On June 20, 1948, the Sun was in Gemini (29°02' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (99% 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 20, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 10°30' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 23°14' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 20, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun29°02'21" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon16°54'35" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury4°33'41" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Venus5°25'38" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Mars15°16'28" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter23°24'07" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Saturn19°08'40" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus26°29'00" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Neptune10°12'42" LibraStationing direct into Scorpio
Pluto13°14'46" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node11°44'27" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on June 20, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 99% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on June 20, 1948?

Mercury and Venus sat less than a degree apart in Cancer, 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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