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Where Were the Planets on January 9, 2016?

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On January 9, 2016, the Sun was in Capricorn (18°38' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was New Moon (1% illuminated). Mercury and Jupiter were retrograde.

Venus met Saturn in Sagittarius. Love gets serious. Commitments are tested or made official.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on January 9, 2016. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 4°54' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 18°21' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 9, 2016
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun18°38'51" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon11°36'02" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury29°31'17" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
Venus12°24'28" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars3°13'42" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter23°14'12" VirgoStationing direct into Libra
Saturn12°02'38" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus16°38'51" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune7°46'00" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto15°20'33" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node25°09'33" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on January 9, 2016

The Moon phase is New Moon, 1% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Venus conjunct SaturnLove gets serious. Commitments are tested or made official.

Born on January 9, 2016?

The Sun, Mercury and Pluto were all in Capricorn, so everyone born that day is a Capricorn several times over. Venus and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Sagittarius, 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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