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Where Were the Planets on January 17, 1955?

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On January 17, 1955, the Sun was in Capricorn (26°36' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (35% 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 17, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°48' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 19°38' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 17, 1955
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°36'17" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon13°44'16" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury10°47'58" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus10°02'03" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars1°39'20" AriesDirect into Taurus
Jupiter24°40'57" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Saturn19°39'02" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Uranus25°37'22" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Neptune28°11'41" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto26°14'23" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node4°32'45" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on January 17, 1955

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 35% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on January 17, 1955?

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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