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Where Were the Planets on December 30, 1968?

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On December 30, 1968, the Sun was in Capricorn (8°52' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (84% illuminated). Pluto was 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 30, 1968. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°32' Taurus at midnight UTC to 28°25' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 30, 1968
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun8°52'27" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon22°29'31" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury22°10'02" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Venus23°57'06" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars0°19'47" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter5°21'45" LibraDirect into Virgo
Saturn18°46'11" AriesDirect into Taurus
Uranus3°58'12" LibraDirect into Virgo
Neptune27°43'42" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Pluto25°06'32" VirgoRetrograde into Libra
North Node4°41'35" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on December 30, 1968

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 85% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

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Jupiter and Uranus sat 1 degrees apart in Libra, 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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