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Where Were the Planets on July 20, 1981?

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On July 20, 1981, the Sun was in Cancer (27°40' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (88% 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 20, 1981. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 0°52' Pisces at midnight UTC to 14°14' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 20, 1981
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun27°40'01" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon7°32'11" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury8°20'08" CancerDirect into Leo
Venus25°03'47" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars1°26'16" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter4°24'56" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn4°39'57" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus26°08'42" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune22°35'12" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto21°38'03" LibraDirect into Scorpio
North Node1°54'00" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on July 20, 1981

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 88% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on July 20, 1981?

The Sun, Mercury and Mars were all in Cancer, so everyone born that day is a Cancer several times over. Jupiter and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Libra, 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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