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Where Were the Planets on August 5, 1998?

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On August 5, 1998, the Sun was in Leo (12°52' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (92% illuminated). Mercury, 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 August 5, 1998. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 3°36' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 16°45' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 5, 1998
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°52'19" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon10°09'02" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury27°00'58" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Venus20°23'37" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars20°03'20" CancerDirect into Leo
Jupiter27°30'31" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Saturn3°32'09" TaurusDirect into Aries
Uranus10°40'32" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Neptune0°26'05" AquariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto5°19'41" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
North Node2°15'46" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on August 5, 1998

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 92% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on August 5, 1998?

Venus and Mars sat less than a degree 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.

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