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Where Were the Planets on July 16, 1977?

Quick Answer

On July 16, 1977, the Sun was in Cancer (23°49' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was New Moon (0% illuminated). Neptune was retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 16, 1977. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 19°17' Cancer at midnight UTC to 1°37' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 16, 1977
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	23°49'54" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1977	Jul 22, 1977 into Leo
Moon	25°26'19" Cancer	Direct	Jul 14, 1977	Jul 16, 1977 into Leo
Mercury	11°09'43" Leo	Direct	Jul 10, 1977	Jul 28, 1977 into Virgo
Venus	10°39'47" Gemini	Direct	Jul 6, 1977	Aug 2, 1977 into Cancer
Mars	29°12'32" Taurus	Direct	Jun 6, 1977	Jul 17, 1977 into Gemini
Jupiter	23°10'37" Gemini	Direct	Apr 3, 1977	Aug 20, 1977 into Cancer
Saturn	16°54'09" Leo	Direct	Jun 5, 1976	Nov 17, 1977 into Virgo
Uranus	7°41'10" Scorpio	Stationing retrograde	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	13°46'21" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	11°34'21" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	19°28'38" Libra	Direct	Dec 29, 1976	Jul 19, 1978 into Virgo

Sky Events on July 16, 1977

The Moon phase is New Moon, 0% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 16, 08:37 UTC	New Moon in Cancer	23°42' Cancer
Jul 16, 17:38 UTC	Mercury sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Jul 16, 20:51 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer

Born on July 16, 1977?

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