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Where Were the Planets on June 24, 1978?

Quick Answer

On June 24, 1978, the Sun was in Cancer (2°36' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (81% illuminated). Uranus and Neptune were retrograde.

Mercury met Jupiter in Cancer. Big ideas and big talk. Good for teaching, planning and pitching. Mercury squared Pluto.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on June 24, 1978. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°42' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 1°13' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 24, 1978
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	2°36'59" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1978	Jul 23, 1978 into Leo
Moon	24°01'11" Aquarius	Direct	Jun 22, 1978	Jun 24, 1978 into Pisces
Mercury	14°20'27" Cancer	Direct	Jun 17, 1978	Jul 2, 1978 into Leo
Venus	9°40'04" Leo	Direct	Jun 16, 1978	Jul 12, 1978 into Virgo
Mars	5°46'32" Virgo	Direct	Jun 14, 1978	Aug 4, 1978 into Libra
Jupiter	14°14'29" Cancer	Direct	Apr 12, 1978	Sep 5, 1978 into Leo
Saturn	26°36'24" Leo	Direct	Jan 5, 1978	Jul 26, 1978 into Virgo
Uranus	12°37'07" Scorpio	Retrograde	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	16°30'23" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	13°53'56" Libra	Stationing retrograde	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	1°18'51" Libra	Direct	Dec 29, 1976	Jul 19, 1978 into Virgo

Sky Events on June 24, 1978

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 81% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jun 24, 06:42 UTC	Mercury square Pluto	Pressured conversations, obsessive thinking and hard selling.
Jun 24, 10:39 UTC	Mercury conjunct Jupiter	Big ideas and big talk. Good for teaching, planning and pitching.
Jun 24, 21:56 UTC	The Moon enters Pisces	Leaves Aquarius

Born on June 24, 1978?

The Sun, Mercury and Jupiter were all in Cancer, so everyone born that day is a Cancer several times over. Mercury and Jupiter sat less than a degree apart in Cancer, 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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