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Where Were the Planets on May 28, 1996?

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On May 28, 1996, the Sun was in Gemini (7°25' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (78% illuminated). Venus, Jupiter, 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 May 28, 1996. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 4°28' Libra at midnight UTC to 17°26' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 28, 1996
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun7°25'47" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Moon10°54'26" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury19°39'59" TaurusStationing retrograde into Gemini
Venus26°56'00" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Mars19°04'41" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Jupiter16°46'39" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Saturn5°16'21" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus4°25'27" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Neptune27°32'04" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto1°34'43" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
North Node14°34'22" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on May 28, 1996

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 78% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on May 28, 1996?

Mercury and Mars sat less than a degree apart in Taurus, 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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