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Where Were the Planets on May 1, 1980?

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On May 1, 1980, the Sun was in Taurus (11°15' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (98% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 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 May 1, 1980. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 18°28' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 0°50' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 1, 1980
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun11°15'19" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon24°38'33" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury28°09'25" AriesDirect into Taurus
Venus23°45'50" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars29°18'42" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter0°16'53" VirgoDirect into Libra
Saturn20°34'00" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Uranus24°05'07" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune22°18'06" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto19°48'52" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
North Node25°27'52" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on May 1, 1980

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 99% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters SagittariusLeaves Scorpio

Born on May 1, 1980?

Mars and Jupiter sat less than a degree 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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