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Where Were the Planets on November 21, 1956?

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On November 21, 1956, the Sun was in Scorpio (29°09' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Cancer all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (87% illuminated). Uranus was retrograde.

Mercury met Saturn in Sagittarius. Serious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on November 21, 1956. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 4°37' Cancer at midnight UTC to 19°03' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on November 21, 1956
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun29°09'54" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Moon11°51'01" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury4°03'56" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus25°02'37" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mars23°07'57" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter27°16'31" VirgoDirect into Libra
Saturn4°37'24" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus6°57'09" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune1°12'06" ScorpioDirect into Libra
Pluto0°25'35" VirgoDirect into Leo
North Node28°51'18" ScorpioDirect into Libra

Sky Events on November 21, 1956

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 87% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Mercury conjunct SaturnSerious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations.

Born on November 21, 1956?

Mercury and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Sagittarius, 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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