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Where Were the Planets on August 20, 1961?

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On August 20, 1961, the Sun was in Leo (27°13' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (61% illuminated). Jupiter and Saturn 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 August 20, 1961. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 3°29' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 17°04' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 20, 1961
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun27°13'05" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon10°14'00" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury3°08'35" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus19°20'46" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars2°12'26" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter29°07'24" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Saturn24°22'15" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Uranus26°13'10" LeoDirect into Virgo
Neptune8°47'24" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Pluto7°28'51" VirgoDirect into Libra
North Node27°05'09" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on August 20, 1961

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 61% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on August 20, 1961?

The Sun and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Leo, 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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