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Where Were the Planets on December 3, 1947?

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On December 3, 1947, the Sun was in Sagittarius (10°28' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Leo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (67% illuminated). Uranus 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 December 3, 1947. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 13°02' Leo at midnight UTC to 27°23' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 3, 1947
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun10°28'37" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon20°15'01" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury24°01'50" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus3°30'35" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mars0°42'21" VirgoDirect into Leo
Jupiter8°49'52" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn22°40'32" LeoStationing retrograde into Virgo
Uranus24°42'23" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune12°29'14" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto14°53'28" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node22°19'54" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on December 3, 1947

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 67% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on December 3, 1947?

The Sun and Jupiter sat 2 degrees apart in Sagittarius, 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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