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Where Were the Planets on February 28, 1969?

Quick Answer

On February 28, 1969, the Sun was in Pisces (9°43' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (87% illuminated). 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 February 28, 1969. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°49' Cancer at midnight UTC to 2°56' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 28, 1969
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	9°43'51" Pisces	Direct	Feb 18, 1969	Mar 20, 1969 into Aries
Moon	26°51'45" Cancer	Direct	Feb 26, 1969	Feb 28, 1969 into Leo
Mercury	13°31'03" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 4, 1969	Mar 12, 1969 into Pisces
Venus	21°09'11" Aries	Direct	Feb 2, 1969	Jun 6, 1969 into Taurus
Mars	1°26'52" Sagittarius	Direct	Feb 25, 1969	Sep 21, 1969 into Capricorn
Jupiter	3°46'32" Libra	Retrograde	Nov 15, 1968	Mar 30, 1969 into Virgo
Saturn	22°40'56" Aries	Direct	Mar 3, 1967	Apr 29, 1969 into Taurus
Uranus	2°54'12" Libra	Retrograde	Sep 28, 1968	May 20, 1969 into Virgo
Neptune	28°42'19" Scorpio	Stationing retrograde	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	24°09'40" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	1°30'57" Aries	Direct	Sep 9, 1967	Mar 29, 1969 into Pisces

Sky Events on February 28, 1969

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 87% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Feb 28, 18:11 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

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Jupiter and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Libra, 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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