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Where Were the Planets on April 8, 2010?

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On April 8, 2010, the Sun was in Aries (18°32' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aquarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (31% illuminated). Saturn 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 April 8, 2010. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 5°29' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 17°16' Aquarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on April 8, 2010
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun18°32'46" AriesDirect into Taurus
Moon11°23'36" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mercury7°42'38" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Venus9°33'30" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mars4°41'10" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter18°57'41" PiscesDirect into Aries
Saturn29°56'47" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Uranus27°49'15" PiscesDirect into Aries
Neptune27°57'37" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Pluto5°25'11" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node16°28'04" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on April 8, 2010

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 31% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on April 8, 2010?

Mercury and Venus sat 2 degrees 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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