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Where Were the Planets on February 26, 1961?

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On February 26, 1961, the Sun was in Pisces (7°39' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Cancer all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (86% illuminated). Mercury, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on February 26, 1961. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°25' Cancer at midnight UTC to 29°13' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 26, 1961
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun7°39'51" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon23°19'26" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury28°21'54" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Venus20°42'07" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars2°21'01" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter26°45'33" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Saturn25°57'34" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus23°09'34" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune11°14'57" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto6°50'22" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node6°21'10" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on February 26, 1961

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 86% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

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Jupiter and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Capricorn, 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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