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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 1982?

Quick Answer

On December 8, 1982, the Sun was in Sagittarius (16°04' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Virgo into Libra, and the Moon phase was Last Quarter (41% illuminated). No planets were retrograde.

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

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 8, 1982. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 19°49' Virgo at midnight UTC to 3°12' Libra at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 1982
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°04'00" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1982	Dec 22, 1982 into Capricorn
Moon	26°33'42" Virgo	Direct	Dec 6, 1982	Dec 8, 1982 into Libra
Mercury	26°22'41" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 21, 1982	Dec 10, 1982 into Capricorn
Venus	24°32'21" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 18, 1982	Dec 12, 1982 into Capricorn
Mars	28°37'53" Capricorn	Direct	Oct 31, 1982	Dec 10, 1982 into Aquarius
Jupiter	26°19'39" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 27, 1981	Dec 26, 1982 into Sagittarius
Saturn	0°55'14" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 29, 1982	May 6, 1983 into Libra
Uranus	5°33'53" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 16, 1981	Feb 15, 1988 into Capricorn
Neptune	26°21'33" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	28°39'40" Libra	Direct	Jul 30, 1972	Nov 5, 1983 into Scorpio
North Node	5°06'19" Cancer	Direct	Aug 25, 1981	Mar 14, 1983 into Gemini

Sky Events on December 8, 1982

The Moon phase is Last Quarter, 41% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 8, 11:42 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.
Dec 8, 12:58 UTC	Mars square Pluto	Pressure and confrontation. Forcing the issue tends to backfire.
Dec 8, 18:10 UTC	The Moon enters Libra	Leaves Virgo

Born on December 8, 1982?

The Sun, Mercury, Venus, 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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