Skip to Content
Selfgazer
Menu

The Sky on a Date

Where Were the Planets on August 2, 1988?

Quick Answer

On August 2, 1988, the Sun was in Leo (10°23' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (75% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were retrograde.

Venus opposed Saturn. Feeling unloved or short on money. Relationships get a reality check. Mercury squared Pluto.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 2, 1988. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 3°42' Aries at midnight UTC to 18°03' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 2, 1988
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun10°23'51" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon10°55'55" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury9°40'26" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus26°30'25" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars7°37'45" AriesDirect into Pisces
Jupiter1°50'51" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Saturn26°32'24" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus27°30'17" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Neptune7°58'36" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto9°48'39" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
North Node15°48'32" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 2, 1988

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 75% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Venus opposite SaturnFeeling unloved or short on money. Relationships get a reality check.
Mercury square PlutoPressured conversations, obsessive thinking and hard selling.

Born on August 2, 1988?

The Sun and Mercury 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.

Create Your Birth Chart

Look Up Another Date

Data for this page: JSON. Free to cite with a link to this page.