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Where Were the Planets on September 17, 2019?

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On September 17, 2019, the Sun was in Virgo (24°18' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (90% illuminated). Saturn, Uranus, 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 September 17, 2019. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°41' Aries at midnight UTC to 6°49' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on September 17, 2019
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun24°18'32" VirgoDirect into Libra
Moon0°45'05" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury5°27'34" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Venus3°38'11" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Mars19°17'44" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter16°32'03" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn13°54'35" CapricornStationing direct into Aquarius
Uranus6°05'42" TaurusRetrograde into Gemini
Neptune17°07'02" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto20°41'39" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node13°49'50" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on September 17, 2019

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 90% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters TaurusLeaves Aries

Born on September 17, 2019?

Mercury and Venus sat 2 degrees apart in Libra, 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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