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Where Were the Planets on October 9, 2013?

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On October 9, 2013, the Sun was in Libra (16°21' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (23% 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 9, 2013. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°49' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 20°57' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 9, 2013
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun16°21'33" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon13°53'17" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury11°32'39" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus1°55'56" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars26°25'11" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter19°11'25" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn10°56'44" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Uranus10°17'29" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune2°55'03" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto9°04'53" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node8°41'14" ScorpioDirect into Libra

Sky Events on October 9, 2013

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 23% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on October 9, 2013?

Mercury and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Scorpio, 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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