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Where Were the Planets on July 7, 1979?

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On July 7, 1979, the Sun was in Cancer (14°47' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (92% illuminated). Uranus and Neptune 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 July 7, 1979. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°19' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 20°20' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 7, 1979
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun14°47'06" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon13°17'09" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury10°20'14" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus1°22'24" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars8°04'47" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Jupiter12°05'59" LeoDirect into Virgo
Saturn9°53'08" VirgoDirect into Libra
Uranus17°04'16" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune18°25'25" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto16°27'11" LibraDirect into Scorpio
North Node11°17'51" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on July 7, 1979

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

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

Born on July 7, 1979?

Mercury and Jupiter sat 2 degrees apart in Leo, 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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