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Where Were the Planets on February 1, 1956?

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On February 1, 1956, the Sun was in Aquarius (11°36' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (71% illuminated). Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune 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 February 1, 1956. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°38' Libra at midnight UTC to 22°46' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 1, 1956
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun11°36'35" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Moon16°15'58" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury0°53'38" AquariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Venus18°09'58" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars12°03'34" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Jupiter28°25'49" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Saturn1°30'36" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio
Uranus29°48'37" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Neptune0°25'00" ScorpioStationing direct into Libra
Pluto27°45'31" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node14°25'24" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on February 1, 1956

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 72% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on February 1, 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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