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Where Were the Planets on December 9, 1981?

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On December 9, 1981, the Sun was in Sagittarius (17°20' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (95% illuminated). No planets were 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 9, 1981. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 13°17' Taurus at midnight UTC to 28°24' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 9, 1981
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun17°20'00" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon20°49'07" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury16°42'39" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus0°25'47" AquariusDirect into Capricorn
Mars26°52'21" VirgoDirect into Libra
Jupiter2°21'19" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn19°54'14" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Uranus1°24'45" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Neptune24°17'59" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Pluto26°10'38" LibraDirect into Scorpio
North Node24°22'50" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on December 9, 1981

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

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

Born on December 9, 1981?

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