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Where Were the Planets on August 15, 1950?

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On August 15, 1950, the Sun was in Leo (22°05' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (4% illuminated). Jupiter was retrograde.

Mercury met Saturn in Virgo. Serious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 15, 1950. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°53' Virgo at midnight UTC to 21°36' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 15, 1950
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun22°05'01" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon14°43'42" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury18°44'27" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus28°40'00" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars2°54'42" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter3°53'09" PiscesRetrograde into Aquarius
Saturn18°49'29" VirgoDirect into Libra
Uranus7°55'37" CancerDirect into Leo
Neptune15°13'34" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto17°57'44" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node0°07'09" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on August 15, 1950

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 4% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Mercury conjunct SaturnSerious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations.

Born on August 15, 1950?

Mercury and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Virgo, 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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