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Where Were the Planets on May 18, 1955?

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On May 18, 1955, the Sun was in Taurus (26°46' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (16% 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 18, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 2°43' Aries at midnight UTC to 17°00' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 18, 1955
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°46'28" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon9°49'08" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury18°39'57" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Venus28°42'47" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars25°03'03" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Jupiter25°26'27" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn17°11'13" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Uranus24°32'38" CancerDirect into Leo
Neptune26°04'48" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto24°20'01" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node28°08'18" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on May 18, 1955

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 16% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on May 18, 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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