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Where Were the Planets on January 8, 1966?

Quick Answer

On January 8, 1966, the Sun was in Capricorn (17°45' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (97% illuminated). Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were 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 January 8, 1966. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°13' Cancer at midnight UTC to 13°20' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 8, 1966
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	17°45'49" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1965	Jan 20, 1966 into Aquarius
Moon	5°47'04" Leo	Direct	Jan 8, 1966	Jan 10, 1966 into Virgo
Mercury	1°04'07" Capricorn	Direct	Jan 7, 1966	Jan 27, 1966 into Aquarius
Venus	13°39'58" Aquarius	Stationing direct	Dec 7, 1965	Feb 6, 1966 into Capricorn
Mars	12°47'22" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 23, 1965	Jan 30, 1966 into Pisces
Jupiter	23°32'04" Gemini	Retrograde	Nov 17, 1965	May 5, 1966 into Cancer
Saturn	13°02'45" Pisces	Direct	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	19°32'18" Virgo	Retrograde	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	21°36'54" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	18°22'50" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	2°15'14" Gemini	Direct	Aug 2, 1964	Feb 20, 1966 into Taurus

Sky Events on January 8, 1966

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 97% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 8, 02:49 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

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Venus and Mars sat less than a degree apart in Aquarius, 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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