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Where Were the Planets on July 16, 2025?

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On July 16, 2025, the Sun was in Cancer (24°12' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (67% 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 July 16, 2025. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 27°23' Pisces at midnight UTC to 11°15' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 16, 2025
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun24°12'48" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon4°18'23" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury15°27'31" LeoStationing retrograde into Virgo
Venus13°13'50" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mars16°53'29" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter8°19'00" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn1°55'22" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Uranus0°23'11" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Neptune2°08'34" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto2°47'42" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
North Node21°05'31" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on July 16, 2025

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 67% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters AriesLeaves Pisces

Born on July 16, 2025?

Saturn and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Aries, 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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