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Where Were the Planets on August 16, 2025?

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On August 16, 2025, the Sun was in Leo (23°52' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (47% 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 August 16, 2025. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°31' Taurus at midnight UTC to 4°42' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 16, 2025
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun23°52'50" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon27°37'49" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury5°49'58" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus19°05'39" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars5°58'35" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter14°55'28" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn0°58'45" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Uranus1°16'58" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Neptune1°43'09" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto2°04'52" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
North Node19°27'01" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 16, 2025

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 47% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Last Quarter Moon in Taurus23°36' Taurus
The Moon enters GeminiLeaves Taurus

Born on August 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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