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Where Were the Planets on July 5, 1980?

Quick Answer

On July 5, 1980, the Sun was in Cancer (13°35' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (48% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 5, 1980. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°00' Aries at midnight UTC to 23°11' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 5, 1980
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	13°35'38" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1980	Jul 22, 1980 into Leo
Moon	16°06'13" Aries	Direct	Jul 4, 1980	Jul 6, 1980 into Taurus
Mercury	23°19'14" Cancer	Retrograde	May 31, 1980	Aug 9, 1980 into Leo
Venus	16°05'37" Gemini	Stationing direct	Jun 5, 1980	Aug 6, 1980 into Cancer
Mars	27°06'36" Virgo	Direct	May 4, 1980	Jul 10, 1980 into Libra
Jupiter	6°46'35" Virgo	Direct	Sep 29, 1979	Oct 27, 1980 into Libra
Saturn	21°47'14" Virgo	Direct	Jul 26, 1978	Sep 21, 1980 into Libra
Uranus	21°45'29" Scorpio	Retrograde	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	20°41'13" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	18°58'52" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	22°01'21" Leo	Direct	Feb 5, 1980	Aug 25, 1981 into Cancer

Sky Events on July 5, 1980

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 48% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Jul 5, 04:15 UTC	Saturn sextile Uranus	Exact sextile
Jul 5, 07:27 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Aries	13°25' Aries

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