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Where Were the Planets on March 17, 1969?

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On March 17, 1969, the Sun was in Pisces (26°43' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was New Moon (1% 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 17, 1969. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 10°58' Pisces at midnight UTC to 24°40' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 17, 1969
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°43'17" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon17°51'41" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury7°32'24" PiscesDirect into Aries
Venus26°48'26" AriesStationing retrograde into Taurus
Mars8°20'04" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Jupiter1°43'31" LibraRetrograde into Virgo
Saturn24°34'38" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus2°12'02" LibraRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune28°37'43" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto23°42'24" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node0°36'57" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on March 17, 1969

The Moon phase is New Moon, 1% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on March 17, 1969?

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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