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Where Were the Planets on February 27, 1961?

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On February 27, 1961, the Sun was in Pisces (8°40' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (92% 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 27, 1961. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 29°13' Cancer at midnight UTC to 11°02' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 27, 1961
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun8°40'07" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon5°07'54" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury27°28'56" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Venus21°21'49" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars2°34'21" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter26°57'44" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Saturn26°03'26" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus23°07'03" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune11°14'26" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto6°48'49" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node6°18'00" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on February 27, 1961

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 92% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LeoLeaves Cancer

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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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