Skip to Content
Selfgazer
Menu

The Sky on a Date

Where Were the Planets on October 4, 2012?

Quick Answer

On October 4, 2012, the Sun was in Libra (11°39' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (83% illuminated). 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 October 4, 2012. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°12' Taurus at midnight UTC to 5°59' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 4, 2012
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun11°39'51" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon0°06'37" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mercury28°35'38" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Venus1°24'26" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mars28°08'22" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter16°22'57" GeminiStationing retrograde into Cancer
Saturn29°50'27" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus6°20'33" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune0°44'35" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto7°01'23" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node28°16'48" ScorpioDirect into Libra

Sky Events on October 4, 2012

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

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters GeminiLeaves Taurus

Born on October 4, 2012?

The Sun, Mercury and Saturn were all in Libra, so everyone born that day is a Libra several times over. Mercury and Saturn sat 1 degrees 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.

Create Your Birth Chart

Look Up Another Date

Data for this page: JSON. Free to cite with a link to this page.