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Where Were the Planets on July 16, 1979?

Quick Answer

On July 16, 1979, the Sun was in Cancer (23°21' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (50% illuminated). Uranus and Neptune were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 16, 1979. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°00' Aries at midnight UTC to 0°43' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 16, 1979
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	23°21'54" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1979	Jul 23, 1979 into Leo
Moon	23°54'32" Aries	Direct	Jul 14, 1979	Jul 16, 1979 into Taurus
Mercury	14°22'18" Leo	Stationing retrograde	Jun 27, 1979	Sep 2, 1979 into Virgo
Venus	12°23'20" Cancer	Direct	Jul 6, 1979	Jul 30, 1979 into Leo
Mars	14°20'57" Gemini	Direct	Jun 26, 1979	Aug 8, 1979 into Cancer
Jupiter	13°59'04" Leo	Direct	Apr 20, 1979	Sep 29, 1979 into Virgo
Saturn	10°43'41" Virgo	Direct	Jul 26, 1978	Sep 21, 1980 into Libra
Uranus	16°57'41" Scorpio	Retrograde	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	18°13'25" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	16°31'42" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	10°49'16" Virgo	Direct	Jul 19, 1978	Feb 5, 1980 into Leo

Sky Events on July 16, 1979

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 50% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 16, 10:59 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Aries	23°19' Aries
Jul 16, 12:56 UTC	Mercury sextile Mars	Exact sextile
Jul 16, 22:42 UTC	The Moon enters Taurus	Leaves Aries

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