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Where Were the Planets on April 27, 2017?

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On April 27, 2017, the Sun was in Taurus (7°24' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (2% illuminated). Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn 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 April 27, 2017. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 13°49' Taurus at midnight UTC to 28°56' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on April 27, 2017
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun7°24'53" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon21°23'15" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury25°45'37" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Venus29°33'11" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mars4°11'04" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Jupiter15°50'36" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
Saturn27°25'50" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus25°13'01" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune13°36'34" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto19°23'10" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node0°03'33" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on April 27, 2017

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 2% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on April 27, 2017?

Mercury and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Aries, 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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