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Where Were the Planets on August 6, 1982?

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On August 6, 1982, the Sun was in Leo (13°41' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (98% 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 August 6, 1982. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 25°09' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 7°34' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 6, 1982
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun13°41'42" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon1°20'56" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury26°13'19" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus20°18'33" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars1°43'42" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter2°41'10" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn17°24'48" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus0°34'43" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Neptune24°30'37" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto24°25'15" LibraDirect into Scorpio
North Node11°40'18" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on August 6, 1982

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters PiscesLeaves Aquarius

Born on August 6, 1982?

Mars and Jupiter sat less than a degree apart in Scorpio, 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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