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Where Were the Planets on July 29, 2012?

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On July 29, 2012, the Sun was in Leo (6°46' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (83% illuminated). Mercury, 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 July 29, 2012. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 11°09' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 25°30' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 29, 2012
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun6°46'02" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon18°19'58" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury5°38'41" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Venus22°21'20" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars14°32'05" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter9°50'17" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Saturn23°42'36" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus8°26'12" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune2°25'51" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto7°32'48" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node1°49'40" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on July 29, 2012

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 83% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on July 29, 2012?

The Sun and Mercury sat 1 degrees apart in Leo, 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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