Skip to Content
Selfgazer
Menu

The Sky on a Date

Where Were the Planets on August 29, 1996?

Quick Answer

On August 29, 1996, the Sun was in Virgo (6°25' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Full Moon (99% illuminated). Jupiter, 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 29, 1996. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°31' Pisces at midnight UTC to 24°21' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 29, 1996
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun6°25'00" VirgoDirect into Libra
Moon16°58'46" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury1°59'34" LibraDirect into Virgo
Venus20°54'48" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars22°49'11" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter7°51'42" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Saturn6°01'12" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Uranus1°18'42" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Neptune25°21'20" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Pluto0°26'06" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
North Node9°38'53" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on August 29, 1996

The Moon phase is Full Moon, 99% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on August 29, 1996?

Venus and Mars sat 2 degrees apart in Cancer, 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.

Create Your Birth Chart

Look Up Another Date

Data for this page: JSON. Free to cite with a link to this page.