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Where Were the Planets on August 20, 2025?

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On August 20, 2025, the Sun was in Leo (27°43' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (9% 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 20, 2025. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°43' Cancer at midnight UTC to 0°24' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on August 20, 2025
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun27°43'45" LeoDirect into Virgo
Moon23°35'43" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury9°13'05" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus23°49'48" CancerDirect into Leo
Mars8°30'57" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Jupiter15°42'51" CancerDirect into Leo
Saturn0°45'26" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Uranus1°20'44" GeminiDirect into Taurus
Neptune1°38'06" AriesRetrograde into Pisces
Pluto1°59'49" AquariusRetrograde into Pisces
North Node19°14'19" PiscesDirect into Aquarius

Sky Events on August 20, 2025

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 9% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LeoLeaves Cancer

Born on August 20, 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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