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Where Were the Planets on December 23, 1963?

Quick Answer

On December 23, 1963, the Sun was in Capricorn (0°55' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was First Quarter (47% illuminated). Uranus and Pluto were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 23, 1963. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 20°01' Pisces at midnight UTC to 3°36' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 23, 1963
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	0°55'57" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1963	Jan 21, 1964 into Aquarius
Moon	26°46'35" Pisces	Direct	Dec 21, 1963	Dec 23, 1963 into Aries
Mercury	20°00'42" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 6, 1963	Feb 10, 1964 into Aquarius
Venus	29°38'42" Capricorn	Direct	Nov 29, 1963	Dec 23, 1963 into Aquarius
Mars	13°51'32" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 5, 1963	Jan 13, 1964 into Aquarius
Jupiter	10°05'52" Aries	Direct	Apr 4, 1963	Apr 12, 1964 into Taurus
Saturn	19°35'36" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 3, 1962	Mar 24, 1964 into Pisces
Uranus	10°02'46" Virgo	Retrograde	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	16°56'52" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	14°13'06" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	11°48'38" Cancer	Direct	Jan 14, 1963	Aug 2, 1964 into Gemini

Sky Events on December 23, 1963

The Moon phase is First Quarter, 47% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 23, 17:40 UTC	The Moon enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Dec 23, 18:52 UTC	Venus enters Aquarius	Leaves Capricorn
Dec 23, 19:54 UTC	First Quarter Moon in Aries	1°16' Aries
Dec 23, 23:08 UTC	Mars trine Pluto	Exact trine

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