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Where Were the Planets on March 17, 1959?

Quick Answer

On March 17, 1959, the Sun was in Pisces (26°09' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was First Quarter (49% illuminated). Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on March 17, 1959. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 18°37' Gemini at midnight UTC to 0°46' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 17, 1959
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	26°09'08" Pisces	Direct	Feb 19, 1959	Mar 21, 1959 into Aries
Moon	24°40'40" Gemini	Direct	Mar 15, 1959	Mar 17, 1959 into Cancer
Mercury	12°40'15" Aries	Direct	Mar 5, 1959	May 12, 1959 into Taurus
Venus	25°50'40" Aries	Direct	Feb 24, 1959	Mar 20, 1959 into Taurus
Mars	16°58'09" Gemini	Direct	Feb 10, 1959	Apr 10, 1959 into Cancer
Jupiter	1°59'18" Sagittarius	Stationing retrograde	Feb 10, 1959	Apr 24, 1959 into Scorpio
Saturn	6°19'23" Capricorn	Direct	Jan 5, 1959	Jan 3, 1962 into Aquarius
Uranus	12°43'01" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1956	Nov 1, 1961 into Virgo
Neptune	6°34'28" Scorpio	Retrograde	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	2°24'18" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	14°03'22" Libra	Direct	May 20, 1958	Dec 7, 1959 into Virgo

Sky Events on March 17, 1959

The Moon phase is First Quarter, 49% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 17, 15:10 UTC	First Quarter Moon in Gemini	26°17' Gemini
Mar 17, 15:19 UTC	Mercury trine Uranus	Exact trine
Mar 17, 22:27 UTC	The Moon enters Cancer	Leaves Gemini

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