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Where Were the Planets on January 2, 2017?

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On January 2, 2017, the Sun was in Capricorn (12°17' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (17% illuminated). Mercury was 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 January 2, 2017. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°38' Aquarius at midnight UTC to 7°37' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 2, 2017
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun12°17'05" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon1°06'30" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury1°40'05" CapricornRetrograde into Sagittarius
Venus29°06'49" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars10°39'24" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter21°18'10" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn21°32'27" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus20°33'55" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune9°46'24" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto16°59'37" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node6°08'55" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on January 2, 2017

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 17% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters PiscesLeaves Aquarius

Born on January 2, 2017?

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