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Where Were the Planets on October 9, 1965?

Quick Answer

On October 9, 1965, the Sun was in Libra (15°58' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (99% illuminated). Saturn was retrograde.

Uranus met Pluto in Virgo. A generational upheaval. The last one shaped the mid-1960s. Venus moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on October 9, 1965. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°55' Pisces at midnight UTC to 9°29' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 9, 1965
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	15°58'48" Libra	Direct	Sep 23, 1965	Oct 23, 1965 into Scorpio
Moon	3°11'26" Aries	Direct	Oct 9, 1965	Oct 11, 1965 into Taurus
Mercury	24°33'58" Libra	Direct	Sep 25, 1965	Oct 12, 1965 into Scorpio
Venus	29°46'26" Scorpio	Direct	Sep 13, 1965	Oct 9, 1965 into Sagittarius
Mars	3°41'55" Sagittarius	Direct	Oct 4, 1965	Nov 14, 1965 into Capricorn
Jupiter	1°08'20" Cancer	Direct	Sep 21, 1965	Nov 17, 1965 into Gemini
Saturn	11°32'21" Pisces	Retrograde	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	17°08'45" Virgo	Direct	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	18°30'57" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	17°09'20" Virgo	Direct	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	7°04'22" Gemini	Direct	Aug 2, 1964	Feb 20, 1966 into Taurus

Sky Events on October 9, 1965

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 99% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Oct 9, 05:53 UTC	The Moon enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Oct 9, 16:45 UTC	Venus enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio
Oct 9, 21:23 UTC	Uranus conjunct Pluto	A generational upheaval. The last one shaped the mid-1960s.

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Uranus and Pluto sat less than a degree apart in Virgo, 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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