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Where Were the Planets on August 17, 2025?

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On August 17, 2025, the Sun was in Leo (24°50' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Gemini all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (36% 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 17, 2025. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 4°43' Gemini at midnight UTC to 18°50' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 17, 2025
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun24°50'31" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon11°47'35" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Mercury6°30'25" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus20°16'33" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars6°36'35" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter15°07'25" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn0°55'32" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Uranus1°17'59" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Neptune1°41'55" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto2°03'36" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
North Node19°23'51" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 17, 2025

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 36% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on August 17, 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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