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Where Were the Planets on March 13, 1978?

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On March 13, 1978, the Sun was in Pisces (22°33' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (21% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus 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 13, 1978. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°56' Taurus at midnight UTC to 22°25' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 13, 1978
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun22°33'16" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon16°13'32" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury5°38'07" AriesDirect into Taurus
Venus4°44'47" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars22°59'48" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter26°49'09" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Saturn25°12'03" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Uranus16°11'38" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune18°18'09" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Pluto15°56'44" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
North Node6°46'06" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on March 13, 1978

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 21% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on March 13, 1978?

Mercury and Venus sat less than a degree apart in Aries, 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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