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Where Were the Planets on August 1, 2017?

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On August 1, 2017, the Sun was in Leo (9°25' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (68% 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 August 1, 2017. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°01' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 5°55' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 1, 2017
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun9°25'46" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon29°59'22" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury6°26'57" VirgoDirect into Leo
Venus1°00'55" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars7°43'08" LeoDirect into Virgo
Jupiter17°04'01" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn21°38'12" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Uranus28°31'32" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune13°44'20" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto17°35'40" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node24°58'32" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on August 1, 2017

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 68% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters SagittariusLeaves Scorpio

Born on August 1, 2017?

The Sun and Mars sat 2 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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