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Where Were the Planets on March 8, 1968?

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On March 8, 1968, the Sun was in Pisces (17°59' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (61% 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 8, 1968. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°14' Gemini at midnight UTC to 6°28' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 8, 1968
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun17°59'22" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon0°19'46" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury20°57'11" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus21°17'49" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars15°28'22" AriesDirect into Taurus
Jupiter28°42'30" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Saturn11°56'53" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus27°34'37" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Neptune26°29'51" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto21°38'21" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node20°25'14" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on March 8, 1968

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 61% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CancerLeaves Gemini

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Mercury and Venus 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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