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Where Were the Planets on August 1, 2010?

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On August 1, 2010, the Sun was in Leo (9°08' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (67% illuminated). 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 1, 2010. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 13°38' Aries at midnight UTC to 25°46' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 1, 2010
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun9°08'30" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon19°41'21" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury5°50'06" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus24°05'01" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mars1°31'56" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter3°16'12" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Saturn0°55'34" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus0°18'38" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Neptune27°48'30" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto3°14'48" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node10°22'42" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on August 1, 2010

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 67% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on August 1, 2010?

Mars and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Libra, 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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