Settled date · day 28 of 32 in the sign

18 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 25.89° of Cancer
Day within the sign 28 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 25.89°

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 18 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 25.12° 2 Aries Revati 3 Saturn
1931 Cancer 24.89° 3 Virgo Magha 4 Saturn
1932 Cancer 25.62° 22 Aquarius Shravana 1 Venus Saturn
1933 Cancer 25.39° 5 Gemini Rohini 2 Mercury Saturn
1934 Cancer 25.15° 6 Libra Hasta 3 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 24.92° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Saturn
1936 Cancer 25.65° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 25.42° 9 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1938 Cancer 25.19° 1 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 24.96° 11 Leo Ashlesha 3 Mars
1940 Cancer 25.68° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Mercury Venus
1941 Cancer 25.45° 22 Taurus Bharani 4
1942 Cancer 25.22° 5 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1
1943 Cancer 24.99° 6 Aquarius Shravana 2
1944 Cancer 25.71° 7 Cancer Ardra 2
1945 Cancer 25.48° 8 Scorpio Swati 3
1946 Cancer 25.25° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1
1947 Cancer 25.02° 1 Cancer Pushya 1 Mercury
1948 Cancer 25.74° 11 Sagittarius Mula 1 Jupiter
1949 Cancer 25.51° 3 Aries Ashwini 2 Jupiter
1950 Cancer 25.28° 22 Virgo Magha 4 Jupiter
1951 Cancer 25.05° 5 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
1952 Cancer 25.78° 6 Gemini Mrigashira 1
1953 Cancer 25.55° 7 Libra Chitra 1 Mercury
1954 Cancer 25.31° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Mars
1955 Cancer 25.08° 9 Cancer Ardra 4 Saturn
1956 Cancer 25.81° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 4 Saturn
1957 Cancer 25.58° 11 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
1958 Cancer 25.35° 3 Leo Ashlesha 3 Saturn
1959 Cancer 25.12° 22 Capricorn Mula 3 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 25.84° 5 Taurus Krittika 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 25.61° 6 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 25.38° 7 Aquarius Shravana 2 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 25.15° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Saturn
1964 Cancer 25.87° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Saturn
1965 Cancer 25.64° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Saturn
1966 Cancer 25.41° 11 Cancer Pushya 1 Mercury Saturn
1967 Cancer 25.18° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2 Mercury
1968 Cancer 25.9° 22 Taurus Bharani 1
1969 Cancer 25.67° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1
1970 Cancer 25.44° 6 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
1971 Cancer 25.21° 7 Gemini Rohini 2 Mars Jupiter
1972 Cancer 25.94° 8 Libra Chitra 4 Jupiter
1973 Cancer 25.71° 9 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Mercury Jupiter
1974 Cancer 25.48° 1 Cancer Ardra 4 Jupiter
1975 Cancer 25.24° 11 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1976 Cancer 25.97° 3 Aries Revati 3
1977 Cancer 25.74° 22 Leo Ashlesha 4
1978 Cancer 25.51° 5 Capricorn Mula 3
1979 Cancer 25.28° 6 Taurus Krittika 1 Mercury
1980 Cancer 26° 7 Libra Hasta 2 Mercury
1981 Cancer 25.77° 8 Aquarius Shravana 3
1982 Cancer 25.54° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 2
1983 Cancer 25.31° 1 Scorpio Swati 4 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 26.03° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Jupiter
1985 Cancer 25.8° 3 Leo Pushya 2 Jupiter Saturn
1986 Cancer 25.57° 22 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2 Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
1987 Cancer 25.34° 5 Taurus Ashwini 3 Saturn
1988 Cancer 26.06° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Saturn
1989 Cancer 25.83° 7 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Saturn
1990 Cancer 25.6° 8 Gemini Rohini 1 Saturn
1991 Cancer 25.37° 9 Libra Chitra 3 Saturn
1992 Cancer 26.1° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Saturn
1993 Cancer 25.87° 11 Cancer Ardra 4 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 25.64° 3 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Saturn
1995 Cancer 25.4° 22 Aries Revati 2 Jupiter Saturn
1996 Cancer 26.13° 5 Leo Magha 1 Jupiter
1997 Cancer 25.9° 6 Capricorn Mula 3 Jupiter
1998 Cancer 25.67° 7 Taurus Bharani 4 Jupiter
1999 Cancer 25.44° 8 Libra Hasta 1 Mercury
2000 Cancer 26.16° 9 Aquarius Shravana 4
2001 Cancer 25.93° 1 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Mars
2002 Cancer 25.7° 2 Scorpio Swati 4
2003 Cancer 25.47° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
2004 Cancer 26.19° 22 Leo Pushya 4
2005 Cancer 25.96° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
2006 Cancer 25.73° 6 Taurus Ashwini 4 Mercury
2007 Cancer 25.5° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Jupiter
2008 Cancer 26.22° 8 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3 Jupiter
2009 Cancer 25.99° 9 Gemini Rohini 1 Jupiter
2010 Cancer 25.76° 1 Libra Chitra 3
2011 Cancer 25.53° 2 Pisces Shatabhisha 1
2012 Cancer 26.26° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Mercury
2013 Cancer 26.03° 22 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Mercury
2014 Cancer 25.8° 5 Aries Revati 3 Saturn
2015 Cancer 25.57° 6 Leo Ashlesha 4 Saturn
2016 Cancer 26.29° 7 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Saturn
2017 Cancer 26.06° 8 Taurus Bharani 4 Saturn
2018 Cancer 25.83° 9 Libra Hasta 2 Mars Saturn
2019 Cancer 25.6° 1 Aquarius Shravana 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2020 Cancer 26.32° 2 Gemini Mrigashira 4 Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 26.09° 3 Scorpio Swati 3 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Cancer 25.86° 22 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
2023 Cancer 25.63° 5 Leo Pushya 2 Saturn
2024 Cancer 26.35° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Saturn
2025 Cancer 26.12° 7 Taurus Ashwini 3 Mercury Saturn
2026 Cancer 25.89° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Mercury
2027 Cancer 25.66° 9 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
2028 Cancer 26.39° 1 Gemini Rohini 2
2029 Cancer 26.15° 2 Libra Chitra 3

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 18 July

Day of the year 200 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 20 of 100 years (20%)
Most recent of those 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in 7 years — 1951, 1970, 1989, 2008, 2027
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 19 years

Every figure here is specific to 18 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 6
2007 Cancer life path 7
2008 Cancer life path 8
2009 Cancer life path 9
2010 Cancer life path 1
2011 Cancer life path 2
2012 Cancer life path 3
2013 Cancer life path 22
2014 Cancer life path 5
2015 Cancer life path 6
2016 Cancer life path 7
2017 Cancer life path 8
2018 Cancer life path 9
2019 Cancer life path 1
2020 Cancer life path 2
2021 Cancer life path 3
2022 Cancer life path 22
2023 Cancer life path 5
2024 Cancer life path 6
2025 Cancer life path 7
2026 Cancer life path 8
2027 Cancer life path 9
2028 Cancer life path 1
2029 Cancer life path 2

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 3 with 11 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 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

18 July sits 27 days past the start of Cancer and reached 25.89° 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.