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Where Were the Planets on June 6, 1956?

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On June 6, 1956, the Sun was in Gemini (15°44' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (8% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, 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 June 6, 1956. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°07' Taurus at midnight UTC to 20°15' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 6, 1956
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun15°44'01" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon13°08'54" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury0°15'33" GeminiStationing direct into Cancer
Venus8°21'45" CancerRetrograde into Gemini
Mars1°45'14" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter25°01'24" LeoDirect into Virgo
Saturn28°17'24" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Uranus29°49'31" CancerDirect into Leo
Neptune27°55'00" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Pluto26°18'33" LeoDirect into Virgo
North Node7°45'04" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on June 6, 1956

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 8% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on June 6, 1956?

Jupiter and Pluto sat 1 degrees 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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