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Where Were the Planets on October 31, 2016?

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On October 31, 2016, the Sun was in Scorpio (8°29' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was New Moon (1% 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 31, 2016. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 10°52' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 22°43' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 31, 2016
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun8°29'41" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Moon16°48'09" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury10°55'02" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus15°57'09" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars23°38'05" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Jupiter11°05'22" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn14°20'00" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus21°51'57" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune9°21'13" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto15°13'55" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node9°29'05" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on October 31, 2016

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

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

Born on October 31, 2016?

Venus and Saturn sat 2 degrees 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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