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Where Were the Planets on December 20, 1980?

Quick Answer

On December 20, 1980, the Sun was in Sagittarius (28°46' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Gemini all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (98% illuminated). No planets were retrograde.

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

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 20, 1980. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 4°30' Gemini at midnight UTC to 19°07' Gemini at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 20, 1980
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	28°46'22" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1980	Dec 21, 1980 into Capricorn
Moon	11°50'04" Gemini	Direct	Dec 19, 1980	Dec 21, 1980 into Cancer
Mercury	22°37'46" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 5, 1980	Dec 25, 1980 into Capricorn
Venus	2°47'07" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 18, 1980	Jan 11, 1981 into Capricorn
Mars	21°50'46" Capricorn	Direct	Nov 22, 1980	Dec 30, 1980 into Aquarius
Jupiter	8°29'26" Libra	Direct	Oct 27, 1980	Nov 27, 1981 into Scorpio
Saturn	9°01'27" Libra	Direct	Sep 21, 1980	Nov 29, 1982 into Scorpio
Uranus	27°48'07" Scorpio	Direct	Sep 8, 1975	Feb 17, 1981 into Sagittarius
Neptune	22°37'19" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	23°56'20" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	13°07'34" Leo	Direct	Feb 5, 1980	Aug 25, 1981 into Cancer

Sky Events on December 20, 1980

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 98% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 20, 11:52 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Born on December 20, 1980?

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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