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Where Were the Planets on August 5, 2025?

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On August 5, 2025, the Sun was in Leo (13°19' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (85% illuminated). Mercury, 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 August 5, 2025. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°11' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 3°36' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 5, 2025
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun13°19'47" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon27°22'20" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury5°59'10" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Venus6°11'31" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars29°05'01" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter12°40'01" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn1°28'53" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Uranus1°02'42" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Neptune1°55'09" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto2°19'37" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
North Node20°01'58" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 5, 2025

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 85% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CapricornLeaves Sagittarius

Born on August 5, 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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