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Where Were the Planets on March 8, 1961?

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On March 8, 1961, the Sun was in Pisces (17°41' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (68% illuminated). 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 March 8, 1961. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°29' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 3°53' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 8, 1961
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun17°41'06" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon27°09'55" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury24°27'32" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus26°17'06" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars4°55'31" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter28°43'55" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Saturn26°53'44" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus22°45'18" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune11°08'25" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto6°35'00" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node5°49'24" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on March 8, 1961

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 68% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters SagittariusLeaves Scorpio

Born on March 8, 1961?

Jupiter and Saturn sat 2 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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