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Where Were the Planets on April 27, 2010?

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On April 27, 2010, the Sun was in Taurus (7°07' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (98% illuminated). Mercury, 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 27, 2010. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°39' Libra at midnight UTC to 0°53' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on April 27, 2010
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun7°07'33" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon23°48'07" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury9°04'14" TaurusRetrograde into Gemini
Venus2°47'01" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars11°06'41" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter23°04'16" PiscesDirect into Aries
Saturn28°44'28" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Uranus28°47'44" PiscesDirect into Aries
Neptune28°23'25" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Pluto5°18'48" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node15°27'42" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on April 27, 2010

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

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters ScorpioLeaves Libra

Born on April 27, 2010?

The Sun and Mercury 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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