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Where Were the Planets on December 18, 1972?

Quick Answer

On December 18, 1972, the Sun was in Sagittarius (26°40' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini, and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (94% illuminated). Saturn was retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Sagittarius. Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork. Venus moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 18, 1972. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 22°12' Taurus at midnight UTC to 7°18' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 18, 1972
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	26°40'56" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1972	Dec 21, 1972 into Capricorn
Moon	29°44'45" Taurus	Direct	Dec 16, 1972	Dec 18, 1972 into Gemini
Mercury	6°00'37" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 12, 1972	Jan 4, 1973 into Capricorn
Venus	29°39'34" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 24, 1972	Dec 18, 1972 into Sagittarius
Mars	21°45'18" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 15, 1972	Dec 30, 1972 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	14°42'33" Capricorn	Direct	Sep 25, 1972	Feb 23, 1973 into Aquarius
Saturn	16°19'38" Gemini	Retrograde	Feb 21, 1972	Aug 1, 1973 into Cancer
Uranus	22°20'12" Libra	Direct	Jun 24, 1969	Nov 21, 1974 into Scorpio
Neptune	5°46'09" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	4°19'30" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	17°57'47" Capricorn	Direct	May 5, 1972	Nov 22, 1973 into Sagittarius

Sky Events on December 18, 1972

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 95% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 18, 07:06 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.
Dec 18, 12:24 UTC	The Moon enters Gemini	Leaves Taurus
Dec 18, 18:33 UTC	Venus enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio

Born on December 18, 1972?

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune were all in Sagittarius, so everyone born that day is a Sagittarius several times over. Mercury and Neptune 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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