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Where Were the Planets on August 18, 1995?

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On August 18, 1995, the Sun was in Leo (25°04' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (47% 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 18, 1995. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°11' Taurus at midnight UTC to 5°06' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 18, 1995
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun25°04'55" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon29°10'24" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury14°27'19" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus24°23'38" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars17°11'44" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter5°54'41" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn23°17'49" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Uranus27°26'16" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Neptune23°20'45" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto27°50'38" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
North Node29°36'42" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on August 18, 1995

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 47% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Last Quarter Moon in Taurus24°43' Taurus
The Moon enters GeminiLeaves Taurus

Born on August 18, 1995?

The Sun and Venus sat less than a degree 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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