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Where Were the Planets on January 4, 2018?

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On January 4, 2018, the Sun was in Capricorn (14°04' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Leo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (92% illuminated). No planets 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 January 4, 2018. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 10°23' Leo at midnight UTC to 25°04' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on January 4, 2018
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun14°04'26" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon17°46'57" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury21°38'25" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus12°55'41" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mars16°20'54" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter17°30'59" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn1°47'57" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus24°34'21" AriesDirect into Taurus
Neptune11°59'14" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto18°53'51" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node16°42'53" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on January 4, 2018

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 92% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on January 4, 2018?

The Sun, Venus, Saturn and Pluto were all in Capricorn, so everyone born that day is a Capricorn several times over. The Sun and Venus sat 1 degrees apart in Capricorn, 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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