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Where Were the Planets on August 10, 2006?

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On August 10, 2006, the Sun was in Leo (17°43' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (98% illuminated). 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 10, 2006. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°53' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 9°53' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 10, 2006
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun17°43'41" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon2°23'38" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury29°07'24" CancerDirect into Leo
Venus27°08'05" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars11°42'55" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter10°45'55" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn15°14'09" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus13°44'11" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Neptune18°26'26" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto24°14'40" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
North Node27°16'01" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 10, 2006

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters PiscesLeaves Aquarius

Born on August 10, 2006?

Mercury and Venus 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.

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