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Where Were the Planets on January 30, 1956?

Quick Answer

On January 30, 1956, the Sun was in Aquarius (9°34' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (89% illuminated). Mercury, 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 30, 1956. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 11°54' Virgo at midnight UTC to 26°00' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 30, 1956
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun9°34'47" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Moon19°01'37" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury3°00'55" AquariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Venus15°44'31" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars10°44'50" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Jupiter28°40'15" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Saturn1°22'47" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio
Uranus29°53'45" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Neptune0°24'57" ScorpioDirect into Libra
Pluto27°48'21" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node14°31'45" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on January 30, 1956

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 89% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on January 30, 1956?

Jupiter and Pluto sat less than a degree apart in Leo, 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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