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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 1974?

Quick Answer

On December 8, 1974, the Sun was in Sagittarius (16°00' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Libra all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (28% illuminated). Saturn was retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Sagittarius. Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork. Mercury squared Jupiter.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 8, 1974. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 5°57' Libra at midnight UTC to 19°41' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 1974
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°00'46" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1974	Dec 22, 1974 into Capricorn
Moon	12°51'06" Libra	Direct	Dec 7, 1974	Dec 9, 1974 into Scorpio
Mercury	9°44'50" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 2, 1974	Dec 21, 1974 into Capricorn
Venus	23°52'12" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 19, 1974	Dec 13, 1974 into Capricorn
Mars	28°18'05" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 28, 1974	Dec 10, 1974 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	10°00'15" Pisces	Direct	Mar 8, 1974	Mar 18, 1975 into Aries
Saturn	17°37'39" Cancer	Retrograde	Apr 18, 1974	Sep 17, 1975 into Leo
Uranus	0°54'39" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 21, 1974	May 1, 1975 into Libra
Neptune	9°34'54" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	8°55'03" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	9°50'11" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1973	Jun 12, 1975 into Scorpio

Sky Events on December 8, 1974

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 28% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 8, 09:23 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.
Dec 8, 16:14 UTC	Mercury square Jupiter	Too many ideas and too little detail. Promises outrun the facts.

Born on December 8, 1974?

The Sun, Mercury, Venus 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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