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Where Were the Planets on October 18, 1965?

Quick Answer

On October 18, 1965, the Sun was in Libra (24°53' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (42% 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 18, 1965. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 27°08' Cancer at midnight UTC to 11°20' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 18, 1965
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	24°53'40" Libra	Direct	Sep 23, 1965	Oct 23, 1965 into Scorpio
Moon	4°13'43" Leo	Direct	Oct 18, 1965	Oct 20, 1965 into Virgo
Mercury	8°43'26" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 12, 1965	Nov 2, 1965 into Sagittarius
Venus	9°57'06" Sagittarius	Direct	Oct 9, 1965	Nov 5, 1965 into Capricorn
Mars	10°09'44" Sagittarius	Direct	Oct 4, 1965	Nov 14, 1965 into Capricorn
Jupiter	1°18'46" Cancer	Stationing retrograde	Sep 21, 1965	Nov 17, 1965 into Gemini
Saturn	11°05'23" Pisces	Retrograde	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	17°38'35" Virgo	Direct	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	18°49'13" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	17°26'05" Virgo	Direct	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	6°35'46" Gemini	Direct	Aug 2, 1964	Feb 20, 1966 into Taurus

Sky Events on October 18, 1965

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 42% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Oct 18, 04:51 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

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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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