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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 1949?

Quick Answer

On December 8, 1949, the Sun was in Sagittarius (16°04' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Cancer all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (92% 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 8, 1949. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 12°59' Cancer at midnight UTC to 25°55' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 1949
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°04'36" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1949	Dec 22, 1949 into Capricorn
Moon	19°26'41" Cancer	Direct	Dec 6, 1949	Dec 9, 1949 into Leo
Mercury	25°13'19" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1949	Dec 11, 1949 into Capricorn
Venus	1°56'14" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 6, 1949	Apr 6, 1950 into Pisces
Mars	22°16'44" Virgo	Direct	Oct 27, 1949	Dec 26, 1949 into Libra
Jupiter	1°29'02" Aquarius	Direct	Nov 30, 1949	Apr 15, 1950 into Pisces
Saturn	19°00'34" Virgo	Direct	May 29, 1949	Nov 20, 1950 into Libra
Uranus	3°40'44" Cancer	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1949	Aug 24, 1955 into Leo
Neptune	16°52'39" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	18°07'02" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	13°21'27" Aries	Direct	Jan 28, 1949	Aug 17, 1950 into Pisces

Sky Events on December 8, 1949

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 92% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

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Venus and Jupiter sat less than a degree apart in Aquarius, 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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