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Where Were the Planets on March 3, 1968?

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On March 3, 1968, the Sun was in Pisces (12°59' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (16% illuminated). Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune 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 March 3, 1968. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°47' Aries at midnight UTC to 6°42' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 3, 1968
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°59'02" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon0°46'00" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury17°58'14" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus15°08'14" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars11°41'56" AriesDirect into Taurus
Jupiter29°19'01" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Saturn11°21'38" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus27°47'16" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Neptune26°31'08" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto21°46'21" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node20°41'07" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on March 3, 1968

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 17% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters TaurusLeaves Aries

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Mars and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Aries, 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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