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Where Were the Planets on January 23, 2008?

Quick Answer

On January 23, 2008, the Sun was in Aquarius (2°51' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Leo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (99% illuminated). Mars and Saturn were retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Aquarius. Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on January 23, 2008. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°58' Leo at midnight UTC to 21°41' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 23, 2008
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	2°51'06" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 20, 2008	Feb 19, 2008 into Pisces
Moon	14°53'01" Leo	Direct	Jan 22, 2008	Jan 24, 2008 into Virgo
Mercury	21°24'18" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 8, 2008	Mar 14, 2008 into Pisces
Venus	28°58'17" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 30, 2007	Jan 24, 2008 into Capricorn
Mars	24°26'11" Gemini	Retrograde	Dec 31, 2007	Mar 4, 2008 into Cancer
Jupiter	8°04'36" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 18, 2007	Jan 5, 2009 into Aquarius
Saturn	7°29'33" Virgo	Retrograde	Sep 2, 2007	Oct 29, 2009 into Libra
Uranus	16°13'48" Pisces	Direct	Dec 30, 2003	May 28, 2010 into Aries
Neptune	21°01'26" Aquarius	Direct	Nov 27, 1998	Apr 4, 2011 into Pisces
Pluto	29°55'01" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 10, 1995	Jan 26, 2008 into Capricorn
North Node	29°08'55" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 7, 2008	Jul 26, 2009 into Capricorn

Sky Events on January 23, 2008

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

Date	Event	Detail
Jan 23, 01:22 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Born on January 23, 2008?

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune were all in Aquarius, so everyone born that day is an Aquarius several times over. Mercury and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Aquarius, 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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