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Where Were the Planets on November 27, 1978?

Quick Answer

On November 27, 1978, the Sun was in Sagittarius (4°53' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio, and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (10% illuminated). Mercury, Venus and Jupiter were retrograde.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on November 27, 1978. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°19' Libra at midnight UTC to 4°42' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on November 27, 1978
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	4°53'09" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1978	Dec 22, 1978 into Capricorn
Moon	27°57'47" Libra	Direct	Nov 25, 1978	Nov 27, 1978 into Scorpio
Mercury	21°24'55" Sagittarius	Retrograde	Nov 3, 1978	Jan 8, 1979 into Capricorn
Venus	7°21'29" Scorpio	Stationing direct	Sep 7, 1978	Jan 7, 1979 into Sagittarius
Mars	18°34'58" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 2, 1978	Dec 12, 1978 into Capricorn
Jupiter	9°03'15" Leo	Stationing direct	Sep 5, 1978	Feb 28, 1979 into Cancer
Saturn	13°15'16" Virgo	Direct	Jul 26, 1978	Sep 21, 1980 into Libra
Uranus	17°49'57" Scorpio	Direct	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	17°32'35" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	18°20'59" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	23°03'12" Virgo	Direct	Jul 19, 1978	Feb 5, 1980 into Leo

Sky Events on November 27, 1978

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 10% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Nov 27, 04:09 UTC	Mars sextile Pluto	Exact sextile
Nov 27, 15:38 UTC	The Moon enters Scorpio	Leaves Libra

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