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Where Were the Planets on December 5, 1966?

Quick Answer

On December 5, 1966, the Sun was in Sagittarius (12°54' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Virgo all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (47% illuminated). Jupiter was retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Scorpio. Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork. Mercury trined Saturn.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 5, 1966. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 8°54' Virgo at midnight UTC to 23°03' Virgo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 5, 1966
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	12°54'02" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1966	Dec 22, 1966 into Capricorn
Moon	15°58'54" Virgo	Direct	Dec 4, 1966	Dec 6, 1966 into Libra
Mercury	22°31'06" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 13, 1966	Dec 11, 1966 into Sagittarius
Venus	19°24'56" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 20, 1966	Dec 13, 1966 into Capricorn
Mars	0°46'57" Libra	Direct	Dec 4, 1966	Feb 12, 1967 into Scorpio
Jupiter	4°09'21" Leo	Retrograde	Sep 27, 1966	Jan 16, 1967 into Cancer
Saturn	22°59'00" Pisces	Direct	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	24°08'06" Virgo	Direct	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	22°40'12" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	20°33'24" Virgo	Direct	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	14°43'34" Taurus	Direct	Feb 20, 1966	Sep 9, 1967 into Aries

Sky Events on December 5, 1966

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 48% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 5, 06:22 UTC	Last Quarter Moon in Virgo	12°40' Virgo
Dec 5, 15:31 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.
Dec 5, 22:32 UTC	Mercury trine Saturn	Careful, practical thinking. Plans made now tend to hold.

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Mercury and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Scorpio, 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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