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Where Were the Planets on December 3, 1983?

Quick Answer

On December 3, 1983, the Sun was in Sagittarius (10°44' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (1% 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 3, 1983. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 21°41' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 4°59' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 3, 1983
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	10°44'43" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 22, 1983	Dec 22, 1983 into Capricorn
Moon	28°22'37" Scorpio	Direct	Dec 1, 1983	Dec 3, 1983 into Sagittarius
Mercury	28°37'34" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 14, 1983	Dec 4, 1983 into Capricorn
Venus	26°21'02" Libra	Direct	Nov 9, 1983	Dec 6, 1983 into Scorpio
Mars	8°46'47" Libra	Direct	Nov 18, 1983	Jan 11, 1984 into Scorpio
Jupiter	19°27'23" Sagittarius	Direct	Dec 26, 1982	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Saturn	11°07'58" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 24, 1983	Nov 17, 1985 into Sagittarius
Uranus	9°26'25" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 16, 1981	Feb 15, 1988 into Capricorn
Neptune	28°16'31" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 6, 1970	Jan 19, 1984 into Capricorn
Pluto	1°01'07" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 5, 1983	May 18, 1984 into Libra
North Node	16°02'31" Gemini	Direct	Mar 14, 1983	Oct 1, 1984 into Taurus

Sky Events on December 3, 1983

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 1% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 3, 05:55 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.
Dec 3, 14:56 UTC	The Moon enters Sagittarius	Leaves Scorpio

Born on December 3, 1983?

The Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, 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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