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Where Were the Planets on August 14, 1988?

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On August 14, 1988, the Sun was in Leo (21°54' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (3% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were retrograde.

Mercury squared Jupiter. Too many ideas and too little detail. Promises outrun the facts.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on August 14, 1988. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°29' Virgo at midnight UTC to 19°15' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 14, 1988
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun21°54'17" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon13°23'02" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mercury3°16'34" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus6°25'11" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars10°27'36" AriesDirect into Pisces
Jupiter3°28'57" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Saturn26°07'55" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus27°14'26" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Neptune7°44'27" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto9°56'34" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
North Node15°10'24" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 14, 1988

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 4% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Mercury square JupiterToo many ideas and too little detail. Promises outrun the facts.

Born on August 14, 1988?

Saturn and Uranus sat 1 degrees 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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