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Where Were the Planets on August 28, 1965?

Quick Answer

On August 28, 1965, the Sun was in Virgo (4°57' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Virgo into Libra, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (4% illuminated). Saturn was retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 28, 1965. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°30' Virgo at midnight UTC to 6°06' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 28, 1965
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	4°57'34" Virgo	Direct	Aug 23, 1965	Sep 23, 1965 into Libra
Moon	28°51'51" Virgo	Direct	Aug 26, 1965	Aug 28, 1965 into Libra
Mercury	18°08'40" Leo	Direct	Aug 3, 1965	Sep 8, 1965 into Virgo
Venus	10°41'06" Libra	Direct	Aug 19, 1965	Sep 13, 1965 into Scorpio
Mars	5°06'17" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 20, 1965	Oct 4, 1965 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	27°10'15" Gemini	Direct	Apr 22, 1965	Sep 21, 1965 into Cancer
Saturn	14°31'02" Pisces	Retrograde	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	14°33'53" Virgo	Direct	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	17°27'55" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	15°41'37" Virgo	Direct	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	9°17'49" Gemini	Direct	Aug 2, 1964	Feb 20, 1966 into Taurus

Sky Events on August 28, 1965

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Aug 28, 03:43 UTC	Saturn opposite Uranus	Exact opposition
Aug 28, 13:51 UTC	The Moon enters Libra	Leaves Virgo
Aug 28, 22:54 UTC	The Sun sextile Mars	Exact sextile

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