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Where Were the Planets on October 16, 1965?

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On October 16, 1965, the Sun was in Libra (22°54' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (65% illuminated). Saturn was 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 October 16, 1965. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 29°10' Gemini at midnight UTC to 13°03' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 16, 1965
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun22°54'33" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon6°05'55" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury5°39'20" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus7°42'18" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars8°43'00" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Jupiter1°17'49" CancerDirect into Gemini
Saturn11°10'49" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Uranus17°32'08" VirgoDirect into Libra
Neptune18°45'03" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Pluto17°22'28" VirgoDirect into Libra
North Node6°42'07" GeminiDirect into Taurus

Sky Events on October 16, 1965

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 65% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CancerLeaves Gemini

Born on October 16, 1965?

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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