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Where Were the Planets on May 21, 1955?

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On May 21, 1955, the Sun was in Taurus (29°39' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Saturn and Neptune were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on May 21, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°45' Taurus at midnight UTC to 1°55' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 21, 1955
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	29°39'46" Taurus	Direct	Apr 20, 1955	May 21, 1955 into Gemini
Moon	24°20'18" Taurus	Direct	May 19, 1955	May 21, 1955 into Gemini
Mercury	21°57'55" Gemini	Direct	May 6, 1955	Jul 13, 1955 into Cancer
Venus	2°20'05" Taurus	Direct	May 19, 1955	Jun 13, 1955 into Gemini
Mars	27°01'27" Gemini	Direct	Apr 10, 1955	May 26, 1955 into Cancer
Jupiter	25°55'44" Cancer	Direct	May 24, 1954	Jun 13, 1955 into Leo
Saturn	16°58'03" Scorpio	Retrograde	Oct 22, 1953	Jan 12, 1956 into Sagittarius
Uranus	24°39'46" Cancer	Direct	Jun 10, 1949	Aug 24, 1955 into Leo
Neptune	26°00'49" Libra	Retrograde	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	24°21'09" Leo	Direct	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	27°58'46" Sagittarius	Direct	Apr 13, 1955	Oct 30, 1956 into Scorpio

Sky Events on May 21, 1955

The Moon phase is New Moon, 0% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
May 21, 20:24 UTC	The Sun enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
May 21, 20:56 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
May 21, 20:59 UTC	New Moon in Gemini	0°01' Gemini
May 21, 22:52 UTC	Jupiter square Neptune	Exact square

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