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Where Were the Planets on May 12, 1955?

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On May 12, 1955, the Sun was in Taurus (20°59' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (75% illuminated). Saturn 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 May 12, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 15°41' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 27°43' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 12, 1955
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun20°59'19" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon21°41'00" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury10°20'32" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Venus21°28'37" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars21°05'35" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Jupiter24°30'42" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn17°38'02" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Uranus24°19'28" CancerDirect into Leo
Neptune26°13'15" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto24°18'31" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node28°27'22" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on May 12, 1955

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 75% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on May 12, 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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