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Where Were the Planets on September 16, 2010?

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On September 16, 2010, the Sun was in Virgo (23°31' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (63% illuminated). Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune 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 September 16, 2010. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 1°49' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 14°07' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on September 16, 2010
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun23°31'27" VirgoDirect into Libra
Moon8°00'39" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury6°19'53" VirgoDirect into Libra
Venus5°30'38" ScorpioDirect into Libra
Mars1°02'27" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter29°03'09" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Saturn5°57'33" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus28°48'56" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Neptune26°35'49" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto2°47'28" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node7°56'32" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius

Sky Events on September 16, 2010

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 63% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on September 16, 2010?

Jupiter and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Pisces, 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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