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Where Were the Planets on April 28, 1980?

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On April 28, 1980, the Sun was in Taurus (8°20' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (97% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Mercury trined Neptune. Imagination feeds the mind. Good for writing, design and listening.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on April 28, 1980. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 12°15' Libra at midnight UTC to 24°11' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on April 28, 1980
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun8°20'36" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon18°12'50" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury22°32'34" AriesDirect into Taurus
Venus21°40'18" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars28°35'02" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter0°14'52" VirgoStationing retrograde into Libra
Saturn20°40'45" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Uranus24°12'20" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune22°21'20" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto19°53'33" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
North Node25°37'24" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on April 28, 1980

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 97% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Mercury trine NeptuneImagination feeds the mind. Good for writing, design and listening.

Born on April 28, 1980?

Mars 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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