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Where Were the Planets on June 23, 1988?

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On June 23, 1988, the Sun was in Cancer (2°13' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (60% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, 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 June 23, 1988. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 8°00' Libra at midnight UTC to 20°10' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on June 23, 1988
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun2°13'42" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon14°03'40" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury18°13'51" GeminiStationing direct into Cancer
Venus16°21'05" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Mars19°30'27" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter24°30'00" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Saturn29°01'34" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus28°55'05" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Neptune8°59'51" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto9°57'15" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
North Node17°55'37" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on June 23, 1988

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 60% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

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Saturn and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Sagittarius, 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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