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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 1957?

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On December 8, 1957, the Sun was in Sagittarius (16°08' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (98% 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, 1957. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 24°46' Gemini at midnight UTC to 8°22' Cancer at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 1957
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun16°08'42" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon1°32'59" CancerDirect into Leo
Mercury7°00'34" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius
Venus1°32'15" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars19°59'50" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter25°02'43" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn16°41'50" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus11°27'49" LeoRetrograde into Virgo
Neptune3°50'47" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Pluto2°19'30" VirgoRetrograde into Leo
North Node8°37'36" ScorpioDirect into Libra

Sky Events on December 8, 1957

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CancerLeaves Gemini

Born on December 8, 1957?

The Sun 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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