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Where Were the Planets on December 3, 1955?

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On December 3, 1955, the Sun was in Sagittarius (10°32' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (80% 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, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 26°15' Cancer at midnight UTC to 10°46' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 3, 1955
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun10°32'37" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon3°34'02" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mercury9°56'14" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus4°09'55" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mars2°52'32" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter1°09'29" VirgoDirect into Leo
Saturn25°45'47" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Uranus2°03'16" LeoRetrograde into Cancer
Neptune29°27'08" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Pluto28°36'42" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
North Node17°36'02" SagittariusDirect into Scorpio

Sky Events on December 3, 1955

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 80% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters LeoLeaves Cancer

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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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