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Where Were the Planets on January 14, 1970?

Quick Answer

On January 14, 1970, the Sun was in Capricorn (23°55' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was First Quarter (50% illuminated). Mercury, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on January 14, 1970. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°36' Aries at midnight UTC to 29°48' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 14, 1970
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	23°55'03" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1969	Jan 20, 1970 into Aquarius
Moon	23°15'23" Aries	Direct	Jan 12, 1970	Jan 15, 1970 into Taurus
Mercury	21°18'37" Capricorn	Retrograde	Jan 4, 1970	Feb 13, 1970 into Aquarius
Venus	21°26'20" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 28, 1969	Jan 21, 1970 into Aquarius
Mars	22°17'32" Pisces	Direct	Dec 15, 1969	Jan 24, 1970 into Aries
Jupiter	3°58'06" Scorpio	Direct	Dec 16, 1969	Apr 30, 1970 into Libra
Saturn	2°09'37" Taurus	Direct	Apr 29, 1969	Jun 18, 1971 into Gemini
Uranus	8°47'26" Libra	Stationing direct	Jun 24, 1969	Nov 21, 1974 into Scorpio
Neptune	0°15'32" Sagittarius	Direct	Jan 4, 1970	May 2, 1970 into Scorpio
Pluto	27°19'46" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	14°34'15" Pisces	Direct	Mar 29, 1969	Oct 16, 1970 into Aquarius

Sky Events on January 14, 1970

The Moon phase is First Quarter, 50% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 14, 00:34 UTC	Mercury sextile Mars	Exact sextile
Jan 14, 10:48 UTC	Mercury conjunct Venus	Exact conjunction
Jan 14, 13:18 UTC	First Quarter Moon in Aries	23°58' Aries

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