Settled date · day 25 of 32 in the sign

15 July — Cancer

Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Cancer this falls

Sun's degree on this date 23.03° of Cancer
Day within the sign 25 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Moon-ruled decan of Cancer

Decan 3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler Moon
Sign ruler Moon
Sun on this date 23.03°

Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 15 July. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.

Year Sun Life path Moon Nakshatra Retrograde
1930 Cancer 22.26° 8 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1931 Cancer 22.03° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Saturn
1932 Cancer 22.75° 1 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Venus Saturn
1933 Cancer 22.52° 2 Taurus Ashwini 4 Saturn
1934 Cancer 22.29° 3 Virgo Magha 4 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 22.06° 22 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Saturn
1936 Cancer 22.79° 5 Gemini Rohini 3 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 22.55° 6 Libra Chitra 3 Jupiter
1938 Cancer 22.32° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 22.09° 8 Cancer Ardra 1 Mars
1940 Cancer 22.82° 9 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Mercury Venus
1941 Cancer 22.59° 1 Aries Revati 2
1942 Cancer 22.36° 2 Leo Ashlesha 2
1943 Cancer 22.13° 3 Sagittarius Mula 1
1944 Cancer 22.85° 22 Taurus Krittika 3
1945 Cancer 22.62° 5 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4
1946 Cancer 22.39° 6 Aquarius Shravana 1
1947 Cancer 22.16° 7 Gemini Rohini 4 Mercury Jupiter
1948 Cancer 22.88° 8 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Venus Jupiter
1949 Cancer 22.65° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Jupiter
1950 Cancer 22.42° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Jupiter
1951 Cancer 22.19° 2 Sagittarius Anuradha 3
1952 Cancer 22.91° 3 Taurus Bharani 1
1953 Cancer 22.68° 22 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Mercury
1954 Cancer 22.45° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Mercury Mars
1955 Cancer 22.22° 6 Taurus Krittika 3 Saturn
1956 Cancer 22.95° 7 Scorpio Swati 1 Saturn
1957 Cancer 22.72° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Saturn
1958 Cancer 22.48° 9 Cancer Ardra 2 Saturn
1959 Cancer 22.25° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 22.98° 2 Aries Revati 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 22.75° 3 Leo Ashlesha 4 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 22.52° 22 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 22.29° 5 Taurus Bharani 2 Saturn
1964 Cancer 23.01° 6 Libra Hasta 3 Saturn
1965 Cancer 22.78° 7 Aquarius Shravana 3 Saturn
1966 Cancer 22.55° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Mercury Saturn
1967 Cancer 22.32° 9 Scorpio Swati 2 Mercury
1968 Cancer 23.04° 1 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2
1969 Cancer 22.81° 2 Leo Pushya 2
1970 Cancer 22.58° 3 Sagittarius Anuradha 4
1971 Cancer 22.35° 22 Aries Ashwini 1 Mars Jupiter
1972 Cancer 23.07° 5 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Jupiter
1973 Cancer 22.84° 6 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Mercury Jupiter
1974 Cancer 22.61° 7 Taurus Krittika 3 Jupiter
1975 Cancer 22.38° 8 Libra Chitra 1
1976 Cancer 23.11° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 4
1977 Cancer 22.88° 1 Cancer Ardra 4
1978 Cancer 22.65° 2 Scorpio Vishakha 2
1979 Cancer 22.41° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4
1980 Cancer 23.14° 22 Virgo Magha 3 Mercury
1981 Cancer 22.91° 5 Capricorn Mula 3
1982 Cancer 22.68° 6 Taurus Bharani 1
1983 Cancer 22.45° 7 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 23.17° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Jupiter
1985 Cancer 22.94° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Jupiter Saturn
1986 Cancer 22.71° 1 Scorpio Swati 1 Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
1987 Cancer 22.48° 2 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
1988 Cancer 23.2° 3 Leo Ashlesha 1 Saturn
1989 Cancer 22.97° 22 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Saturn
1990 Cancer 22.74° 5 Aries Revati 4 Saturn
1991 Cancer 22.51° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Saturn
1992 Cancer 23.23° 7 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Saturn
1993 Cancer 23° 8 Gemini Krittika 4 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 22.77° 9 Libra Hasta 4 Saturn
1995 Cancer 22.54° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1996 Cancer 23.27° 2 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Jupiter
1997 Cancer 23.04° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 3 Jupiter
1998 Cancer 22.81° 22 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4
1999 Cancer 22.58° 5 Leo Magha 1 Mercury
2000 Cancer 23.3° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Mercury
2001 Cancer 23.07° 7 Taurus Bharani 2 Mars
2002 Cancer 22.84° 8 Libra Uttara Phalguni 3
2003 Cancer 22.61° 9 Aquarius Shravana 4
2004 Cancer 23.33° 1 Cancer Ardra 1
2005 Cancer 23.1° 2 Scorpio Swati 1
2006 Cancer 22.87° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mercury
2007 Cancer 22.64° 22 Leo Pushya 3 Jupiter
2008 Cancer 23.36° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Jupiter
2009 Cancer 23.13° 6 Aries Ashwini 1 Jupiter
2010 Cancer 22.9° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3
2011 Cancer 22.67° 8 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2
2012 Cancer 23.39° 9 Gemini Rohini 3 Mercury
2013 Cancer 23.16° 1 Libra Hasta 4 Mercury
2014 Cancer 22.93° 2 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Saturn
2015 Cancer 22.7° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Saturn
2016 Cancer 23.43° 22 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Saturn
2017 Cancer 23.2° 5 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
2018 Cancer 22.97° 6 Leo Magha 1 Mars Saturn
2019 Cancer 22.74° 7 Capricorn Mula 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2020 Cancer 23.46° 8 Taurus Krittika 1 Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 23.23° 9 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Cancer 23° 1 Aquarius Shravana 4 Saturn
2023 Cancer 22.77° 2 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Saturn
2024 Cancer 23.49° 3 Scorpio Swati 3 Saturn
2025 Cancer 23.26° 22 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Saturn
2026 Cancer 23.03° 5 Leo Pushya 4 Mercury
2027 Cancer 22.8° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3
2028 Cancer 23.52° 7 Taurus Ashwini 2
2029 Cancer 23.29° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2

The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.

A century of 15 July

Day of the year 197 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 2000, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in 5 years — 1935, 1954, 1973, 1992, 2011
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 15 July: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →

Year by year

2006 Cancer life path 3
2007 Cancer life path 22
2008 Cancer life path 5
2009 Cancer life path 6
2010 Cancer life path 7
2011 Cancer life path 8
2012 Cancer life path 9
2013 Cancer life path 1
2014 Cancer life path 2
2015 Cancer life path 3
2016 Cancer life path 22
2017 Cancer life path 5
2018 Cancer life path 6
2019 Cancer life path 7
2020 Cancer life path 8
2021 Cancer life path 9
2022 Cancer life path 1
2023 Cancer life path 2
2024 Cancer life path 3
2025 Cancer life path 22
2026 Cancer life path 5
2027 Cancer life path 6
2028 Cancer life path 7
2029 Cancer life path 8

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 7 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

15 July sits 24 days past the start of Cancer and reached 23.03° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.