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Where Were the Planets on January 3, 1990?

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On January 3, 1990, the Sun was in Capricorn (12°51' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (40% illuminated). Mercury, Venus and Jupiter 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 January 3, 1990. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°42' Pisces at midnight UTC to 7°34' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 3, 1990
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°51'11" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon0°36'49" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury24°41'11" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Venus5°52'36" AquariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Mars11°24'31" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Jupiter4°52'52" CancerRetrograde into Leo
Saturn15°53'39" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus5°54'15" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Neptune12°06'48" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Pluto17°08'51" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
North Node18°19'33" AquariusDirect into Capricorn

Sky Events on January 3, 1990

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 40% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters AriesLeaves Pisces

Born on January 3, 1990?

The Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all in Capricorn, so everyone born that day is a Capricorn several times over. The Sun 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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