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Where Were the Planets on March 20, 1959?

Quick Answer

On March 20, 1959, the Sun was in Pisces (29°08' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (78% illuminated). Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on March 20, 1959. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 25°59' Cancer at midnight UTC to 9°09' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 20, 1959
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	29°08'05" Pisces	Direct	Feb 19, 1959	Mar 21, 1959 into Aries
Moon	2°31'55" Leo	Direct	Mar 20, 1959	Mar 22, 1959 into Virgo
Mercury	12°59'36" Aries	Stationing direct	Mar 5, 1959	May 12, 1959 into Taurus
Venus	29°29'50" Aries	Direct	Feb 24, 1959	Mar 20, 1959 into Taurus
Mars	18°33'35" Gemini	Direct	Feb 10, 1959	Apr 10, 1959 into Cancer
Jupiter	1°59'15" Sagittarius	Stationing direct	Feb 10, 1959	Apr 24, 1959 into Scorpio
Saturn	6°27'40" Capricorn	Direct	Jan 5, 1959	Jan 3, 1962 into Aquarius
Uranus	12°38'10" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1956	Nov 1, 1961 into Virgo
Neptune	6°30'56" Scorpio	Retrograde	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	2°20'14" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	13°53'50" Libra	Direct	May 20, 1958	Dec 7, 1959 into Virgo

Sky Events on March 20, 1959

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 78% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Mar 20, 07:22 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Mar 20, 21:55 UTC	Venus enters Taurus	Leaves Aries

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