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Where Were the Planets on August 16, 1995?

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On August 16, 1995, the Sun was in Leo (23°09' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (66% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 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 August 16, 1995. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°44' Aries at midnight UTC to 11°05' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 16, 1995
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun23°09'34" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon4°57'21" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury11°12'41" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus21°55'14" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars15°55'58" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter5°49'20" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn23°25'13" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Uranus27°30'23" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Neptune23°23'25" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto27°50'02" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
North Node29°43'03" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on August 16, 1995

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 66% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters TaurusLeaves Aries

Born on August 16, 1995?

The Sun and Venus sat 1 degrees 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.

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