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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 1938?

Quick Answer

On December 8, 1938, the Sun was in Sagittarius (15°44' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (98% illuminated). Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 8, 1938. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°05' Gemini at midnight UTC to 8°01' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 1938
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	15°44'46" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1938	Dec 22, 1938 into Capricorn
Moon	0°32'41" Cancer	Direct	Dec 8, 1938	Dec 10, 1938 into Leo
Mercury	28°27'43" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 6, 1938	Jan 12, 1939 into Capricorn
Venus	19°40'47" Scorpio	Stationing direct	Nov 15, 1938	Jan 4, 1939 into Sagittarius
Mars	27°49'23" Libra	Direct	Oct 25, 1938	Dec 11, 1938 into Scorpio
Jupiter	26°22'18" Aquarius	Direct	Jul 30, 1938	Dec 29, 1938 into Pisces
Saturn	11°15'49" Aries	Retrograde	Jan 14, 1938	Jul 6, 1939 into Taurus
Uranus	14°39'20" Taurus	Retrograde	Mar 28, 1935	Aug 7, 1941 into Gemini
Neptune	23°14'51" Virgo	Direct	Jul 24, 1929	Oct 3, 1942 into Libra
Pluto	1°14'28" Leo	Retrograde	Aug 3, 1938	Feb 7, 1939 into Cancer
North Node	16°07'34" Scorpio	Direct	Mar 21, 1938	Oct 9, 1939 into Libra

Sky Events on December 8, 1938

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 8, 11:07 UTC	The Moon enters Cancer	Leaves Gemini
Dec 8, 23:11 UTC	Mercury sextile Mars	Exact sextile

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