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Where Were the Planets on December 14, 1981?

Quick Answer

On December 14, 1981, the Sun was in Sagittarius (22°24' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (86% 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 14, 1981. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°42' Cancer at midnight UTC to 12°59' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 14, 1981
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	22°24'54" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1981	Dec 21, 1981 into Capricorn
Moon	5°54'36" Leo	Direct	Dec 14, 1981	Dec 16, 1981 into Virgo
Mercury	24°34'39" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 28, 1981	Dec 17, 1981 into Capricorn
Venus	3°32'39" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 8, 1981	Jan 23, 1982 into Capricorn
Mars	29°17'10" Virgo	Direct	Oct 21, 1981	Dec 16, 1981 into Libra
Jupiter	3°15'02" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 27, 1981	Dec 26, 1982 into Sagittarius
Saturn	20°18'26" Libra	Direct	Sep 21, 1980	Nov 29, 1982 into Scorpio
Uranus	1°42'38" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 16, 1981	Feb 15, 1988 into Capricorn
Neptune	24°29'18" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	26°18'46" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	24°06'57" Cancer	Direct	Aug 25, 1981	Mar 14, 1983 into Gemini

Sky Events on December 14, 1981

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 86% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 14, 02:08 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Dec 14, 10:36 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Born on December 14, 1981?

The Sun, Mercury, Uranus 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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