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Where Were the Planets on May 17, 2022?

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On May 17, 2022, the Sun was in Taurus (26°34' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Sagittarius all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (97% illuminated). Mercury 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 May 17, 2022. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 7°33' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 22°29' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 17, 2022
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun26°34'31" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon15°01'35" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury3°02'26" GeminiRetrograde into Taurus
Venus17°02'46" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars24°24'51" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter1°14'18" AriesDirect into Pisces
Saturn24°58'31" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Uranus15°29'50" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Neptune24°58'49" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto28°31'31" CapricornRetrograde into Aquarius
North Node22°18'23" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on May 17, 2022

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 97% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on May 17, 2022?

Mars and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Pisces, 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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