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Where Were the Planets on March 17, 1989?

Quick Answer

On March 17, 1989, the Sun was in Pisces (26°52' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (80% illuminated). Pluto was 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 March 17, 1989. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°47' Cancer at midnight UTC to 9°04' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on March 17, 1989
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°52'29" PiscesDirect into Aries
Moon2°58'13" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury10°54'08" PiscesDirect into Aries
Venus22°11'41" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars3°44'12" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Jupiter0°58'08" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Saturn12°51'20" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus5°06'25" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Neptune12°10'30" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Pluto14°56'52" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
North Node3°47'18" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on March 17, 1989

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 80% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LeoLeaves Cancer

Born on March 17, 1989?

The Sun, Mercury and Venus were all in Pisces, so everyone born that day is a Pisces several times over. Saturn and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Capricorn, 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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