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Where Were the Planets on July 4, 1969?

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On July 4, 1969, the Sun was in Cancer (12°19' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (72% illuminated). Mars and Neptune 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 July 4, 1969. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°49' Pisces at midnight UTC to 23°39' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 4, 1969
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°19'04" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon16°48'01" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury23°41'43" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Venus27°27'30" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mars1°47'53" SagittariusStationing direct into Capricorn
Jupiter28°37'03" VirgoDirect into Libra
Saturn7°02'11" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Uranus0°11'41" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Neptune26°13'56" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Pluto22°40'34" VirgoDirect into Libra
North Node24°50'38" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on July 4, 1969

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 72% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on July 4, 1969?

Jupiter and Uranus sat 2 degrees apart in Virgo, 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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