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Where Were the Planets on October 13, 1959?

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On October 13, 1959, the Sun was in Libra (19°24' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (90% illuminated). No planets were retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Scorpio. Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on October 13, 1959. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°27' Pisces at midnight UTC to 19°16' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 13, 1959
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun19°24'06" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon12°53'57" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury6°30'36" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus7°07'11" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mars24°40'59" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter1°28'36" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn1°38'17" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus20°10'47" LeoDirect into Virgo
Neptune6°03'00" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Pluto5°23'02" VirgoDirect into Libra
North Node2°56'08" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on October 13, 1959

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 90% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Mercury conjunct NeptuneIntuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Born on October 13, 1959?

Mercury and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Scorpio, 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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