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Where Were the Planets on January 12, 1957?

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On January 12, 1957, the Sun was in Capricorn (22°02' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (81% illuminated). Mercury, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on January 12, 1957. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°53' Taurus at midnight UTC to 7°41' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 12, 1957
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	22°02'27" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 21, 1956	Jan 20, 1957 into Aquarius
Moon	0°43'53" Gemini	Direct	Jan 12, 1957	Jan 14, 1957 into Cancer
Mercury	17°40'39" Capricorn	Retrograde	Dec 8, 1956	Feb 12, 1957 into Aquarius
Venus	29°33'50" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 19, 1956	Jan 12, 1957 into Capricorn
Mars	20°21'25" Aries	Direct	Dec 6, 1956	Jan 28, 1957 into Taurus
Jupiter	1°46'38" Libra	Direct	Dec 13, 1956	Feb 19, 1957 into Virgo
Saturn	10°29'14" Sagittarius	Direct	Oct 10, 1956	Jan 5, 1959 into Capricorn
Uranus	5°29'33" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1956	Nov 1, 1961 into Virgo
Neptune	2°28'04" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 19, 1956	Jun 15, 1957 into Libra
Pluto	0°02'59" Virgo	Retrograde	Oct 20, 1956	Jan 15, 1957 into Leo
North Node	26°06'05" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 30, 1956	May 20, 1958 into Libra

Sky Events on January 12, 1957

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 81% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 12, 10:43 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Jan 12, 20:22 UTC	Venus enters Capricorn	Leaves Sagittarius
Jan 12, 21:12 UTC	Venus trine Pluto	Exact trine

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