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Where Were the Planets on July 18, 2016?

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On July 18, 2016, the Sun was in Cancer (26°16' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (98% illuminated). Saturn, 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 18, 2016. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 2°21' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 15°09' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 18, 2016
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°16'57" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon8°43'46" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury8°49'04" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus7°42'11" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars25°18'20" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter19°42'59" VirgoDirect into Libra
Saturn10°18'28" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus24°27'22" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune11°44'11" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto15°56'52" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node15°02'42" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on July 18, 2016

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on July 18, 2016?

Mercury and Venus 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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