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Where Were the Planets on December 27, 1956?

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On December 27, 1956, the Sun was in Capricorn (5°43' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (20% 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 27, 1956. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°58' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 19°48' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 27, 1956
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun5°43'52" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon13°25'57" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury25°17'52" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus9°35'31" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars11°08'45" AriesDirect into Taurus
Jupiter1°10'49" LibraDirect into Virgo
Saturn8°48'41" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus6°07'14" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune2°12'24" ScorpioDirect into Libra
Pluto0°17'53" VirgoRetrograde into Leo
North Node26°56'55" ScorpioDirect into Libra

Sky Events on December 27, 1956

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 20% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

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Venus and Saturn 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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