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Where Were the Planets on October 4, 2017?

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On October 4, 2017, the Sun was in Libra (11°27' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (98% 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 4, 2017. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 18°20' Pisces at midnight UTC to 1°54' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on October 4, 2017
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun11°27'10" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Moon25°04'46" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury8°04'11" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Venus17°43'32" VirgoDirect into Libra
Mars18°26'55" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter28°42'23" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn22°27'02" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus27°08'09" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune12°05'36" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto16°51'43" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node21°35'11" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on October 4, 2017

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters AriesLeaves Pisces

Born on October 4, 2017?

The Sun, Mercury and Jupiter were all in Libra, so everyone born that day is a Libra several times over. Venus and Mars sat less than a degree apart in Virgo, 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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