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Where Were the Planets on December 17, 1955?

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On December 17, 1955, the Sun was in Sagittarius (24°46' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (9% illuminated). Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 17, 1955. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°24' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 5°17' Aquarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 17, 1955
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	24°46'23" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 23, 1955	Dec 22, 1955 into Capricorn
Moon	29°20'46" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 15, 1955	Dec 17, 1955 into Aquarius
Mercury	1°58'10" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 16, 1955	Jan 4, 1956 into Aquarius
Venus	21°34'37" Capricorn	Direct	Nov 30, 1955	Dec 24, 1955 into Aquarius
Mars	11°58'31" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 29, 1955	Jan 14, 1956 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	1°30'21" Virgo	Stationing retrograde	Nov 17, 1955	Jan 18, 1956 into Leo
Saturn	27°21'29" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 22, 1953	Jan 12, 1956 into Sagittarius
Uranus	1°40'27" Leo	Retrograde	Aug 24, 1955	Jan 28, 1956 into Cancer
Neptune	29°50'04" Libra	Direct	Aug 2, 1943	Dec 24, 1955 into Scorpio
Pluto	28°32'47" Leo	Retrograde	Jun 14, 1939	Oct 20, 1956 into Virgo
North Node	16°51'33" Sagittarius	Direct	Apr 13, 1955	Oct 30, 1956 into Scorpio

Sky Events on December 17, 1955

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 9% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 17, 04:57 UTC	Mercury trine Jupiter	Exact trine
Dec 17, 13:19 UTC	The Moon enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn

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