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Where Were the Planets on July 8, 1993?

Quick Answer

On July 8, 1993, the Sun was in Cancer (16°19' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (81% illuminated). Mercury, 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 July 8, 1993. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 2°27' Pisces at midnight UTC to 14°30' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 8, 1993
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°19'44" Cancer	Direct	Jun 21, 1993	Jul 22, 1993 into Leo
Moon	8°29'59" Pisces	Direct	Jul 7, 1993	Jul 10, 1993 into Aries
Mercury	26°31'18" Cancer	Retrograde	Jun 2, 1993	Aug 10, 1993 into Leo
Venus	2°41'21" Gemini	Direct	Jul 6, 1993	Aug 1, 1993 into Cancer
Mars	8°52'36" Virgo	Direct	Jun 23, 1993	Aug 12, 1993 into Libra
Jupiter	6°45'25" Libra	Direct	Oct 10, 1992	Nov 10, 1993 into Scorpio
Saturn	29°41'28" Aquarius	Retrograde	Jun 30, 1993	Jan 28, 1994 into Pisces
Uranus	20°22'13" Capricorn	Retrograde	Dec 2, 1988	Apr 1, 1995 into Aquarius
Neptune	19°51'52" Capricorn	Retrograde	Nov 21, 1984	Jan 29, 1998 into Aquarius
Pluto	22°53'43" Scorpio	Retrograde	Aug 28, 1984	Jan 17, 1995 into Sagittarius
North Node	10°26'21" Sagittarius	Direct	Jul 4, 1992	Jan 21, 1994 into Scorpio

Sky Events on July 8, 1993

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 81% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

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Uranus 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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