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Where Were the Planets on October 5, 1948?

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On October 5, 1948, the Sun was in Libra (12°08' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (10% illuminated). No planets 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 October 5, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 11°25' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 25°27' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 5, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°08'52" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon18°30'08" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury5°02'45" ScorpioDirect into Libra
Venus28°51'06" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars21°41'29" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter22°48'22" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn1°51'04" VirgoDirect into Leo
Uranus0°34'49" CancerStationing retrograde into Gemini
Neptune12°42'31" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto16°08'12" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node6°04'29" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on October 5, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 10% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on October 5, 1948?

The Sun and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Libra, 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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