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Where Were the Planets on January 3, 1966?

Quick Answer

On January 3, 1966, the Sun was in Capricorn (12°40' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (83% illuminated). Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on January 3, 1966. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°24' Taurus at midnight UTC to 29°55' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 3, 1966
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	12°40'08" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1965	Jan 20, 1966 into Aquarius
Moon	23°07'14" Taurus	Direct	Jan 1, 1966	Jan 4, 1966 into Gemini
Mercury	23°53'46" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 2, 1965	Jan 7, 1966 into Capricorn
Venus	13°44'03" Aquarius	Stationing retrograde	Dec 7, 1965	Feb 6, 1966 into Capricorn
Mars	8°51'00" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 23, 1965	Jan 30, 1966 into Pisces
Jupiter	24°07'23" Gemini	Retrograde	Nov 17, 1965	May 5, 1966 into Cancer
Saturn	12°37'37" Pisces	Direct	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	19°35'34" Virgo	Retrograde	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	21°29'22" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	18°25'22" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	2°31'07" Gemini	Direct	Aug 2, 1964	Feb 20, 1966 into Taurus

Sky Events on January 3, 1966

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 83% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 3, 10:55 UTC	The Sun sextile Saturn	Exact sextile
Jan 3, 15:34 UTC	Mercury opposite Jupiter	Exact opposition

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