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Where Were the Planets on December 11, 1948?

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On December 11, 1948, the Sun was in Sagittarius (19°22' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (76% 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 11, 1948. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 15°11' Aries at midnight UTC to 27°21' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 11, 1948
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun19°22'38" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon21°14'54" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury18°38'23" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus19°04'05" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mars11°08'49" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Jupiter5°39'33" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Saturn6°10'37" VirgoDirect into Leo
Uranus28°55'36" GeminiRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune14°48'40" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto16°26'05" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node2°31'37" TaurusDirect into Aries

Sky Events on December 11, 1948

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 77% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on December 11, 1948?

The Sun and Mercury sat less than a degree 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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