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Where Were the Planets on February 5, 2012?

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On February 5, 2012, the Sun was in Aquarius (16°04' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Cancer all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (93% illuminated). Mars was 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 February 5, 2012. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 9°30' Cancer at midnight UTC to 22°32' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 5, 2012
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun16°04'57" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Moon15°59'09" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury14°42'30" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Venus26°45'02" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars22°05'28" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
Jupiter3°11'47" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Saturn29°30'13" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus1°58'24" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune0°04'03" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto8°30'58" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node11°05'41" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on February 5, 2012

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 93% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on February 5, 2012?

The Sun and Mercury sat 1 degrees 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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