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Where Were the Planets on January 3, 1955?

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On January 3, 1955, the Sun was in Capricorn (12°20' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (68% illuminated). Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto 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 January 3, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°47' Aries at midnight UTC to 11°07' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 3, 1955
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°20'32" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon3°56'05" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury17°40'45" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus27°45'16" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mars21°36'28" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter26°32'09" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Saturn18°33'37" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Uranus26°13'28" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Neptune28°02'26" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto26°30'00" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node5°17'14" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on January 3, 1955

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 68% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters TaurusLeaves Aries

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Jupiter and Uranus 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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