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Where Were the Planets on October 28, 2016?

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On October 28, 2016, the Sun was in Scorpio (5°29' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (5% 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 28, 2016. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 5°06' Libra at midnight UTC to 17°04' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 28, 2016
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun5°29'43" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Moon11°06'25" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mercury6°01'38" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus12°20'12" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars21°28'28" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Jupiter10°28'31" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn14°01'39" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus21°58'57" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune9°23'18" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto15°10'56" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node9°38'37" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on October 28, 2016

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 5% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on October 28, 2016?

The Sun and Mercury 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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