Skip to Content
Selfgazer
Menu

The Sky on a Date

Where Were the Planets on January 21, 1978?

Quick Answer

On January 21, 1978, the Sun was in Aquarius (1°05' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (93% illuminated). Mars, Jupiter, Saturn 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 January 21, 1978. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°08' Gemini at midnight UTC to 6°00' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 21, 1978
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun1°05'58" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Moon0°04'46" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury9°30'18" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus0°55'03" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars1°49'06" LeoRetrograde into Cancer
Jupiter27°30'10" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Saturn29°05'02" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus16°01'05" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Neptune17°24'24" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Pluto16°41'41" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
North Node9°28'09" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on January 21, 1978

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 93% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CancerLeaves Gemini

Born on January 21, 1978?

The Sun and Venus sat less than a degree apart in Aquarius, 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.

Create Your Birth Chart

Look Up Another Date

Data for this page: JSON. Free to cite with a link to this page.