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Where Were the Planets on February 28, 1961?

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On February 28, 1961, the Sun was in Pisces (9°40' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Leo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (96% 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 28, 1961. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 11°02' Leo at midnight UTC to 22°55' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 28, 1961
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun9°40'21" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon16°58'34" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury26°41'49" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Venus22°00'15" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars2°48'11" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter27°09'50" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Saturn26°09'15" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus23°04'33" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune11°13'53" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto6°47'16" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node6°14'49" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on February 28, 1961

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 96% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on February 28, 1961?

Jupiter and Saturn sat 1 degrees 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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