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Where Were the Planets on December 31, 1908?

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On December 31, 1908, the Sun was in Capricorn (9°26' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (64% illuminated). Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 31, 1908. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 18°50' Aries at midnight UTC to 2°36' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 31, 1908
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	9°26'52" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1908	Jan 20, 1909 into Aquarius
Moon	25°45'35" Aries	Direct	Dec 29, 1908	Dec 31, 1908 into Taurus
Mercury	13°44'12" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1908	Jan 10, 1909 into Aquarius
Venus	10°44'58" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 22, 1908	Jan 15, 1909 into Capricorn
Mars	23°35'55" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 25, 1908	Jan 10, 1909 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	14°31'18" Virgo	Stationing direct	Sep 12, 1908	Oct 11, 1909 into Libra
Saturn	3°54'49" Aries	Direct	Mar 19, 1908	May 17, 1910 into Taurus
Uranus	16°33'18" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 20, 1904	Jan 30, 1912 into Aquarius
Neptune	15°53'41" Cancer	Retrograde	May 21, 1902	Sep 23, 1914 into Leo
Pluto	24°32'52" Gemini	Retrograde	Apr 19, 1884	Sep 10, 1912 into Cancer
North Node	25°07'25" Gemini	Direct	Sep 30, 1908	Apr 19, 1910 into Taurus

Sky Events on December 31, 1908

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 64% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 31, 19:24 UTC	The Moon enters Taurus	Leaves Aries
Dec 31, 23:33 UTC	Mercury trine Jupiter	Exact trine

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