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Where Were the Planets on December 27, 1987?

Quick Answer

On December 27, 1987, the Sun was in Capricorn (5°11' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Pisces into Aries, and the Moon phase was First Quarter (51% illuminated). No planets were retrograde.

Mercury met Neptune in Capricorn. 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 27, 1987. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 29°22' Pisces at midnight UTC to 13°00' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 27, 1987
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	5°11'23" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1987	Jan 20, 1988 into Aquarius
Moon	6°14'13" Aries	Direct	Dec 27, 1987	Dec 29, 1987 into Taurus
Mercury	7°35'24" Capricorn	Direct	Dec 22, 1987	Jan 10, 1988 into Aquarius
Venus	6°27'42" Aquarius	Direct	Dec 22, 1987	Jan 15, 1988 into Pisces
Mars	21°56'38" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 24, 1987	Jan 8, 1988 into Sagittarius
Jupiter	20°00'55" Aries	Direct	Mar 2, 1987	Mar 8, 1988 into Taurus
Saturn	24°56'29" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 17, 1985	Feb 13, 1988 into Capricorn
Uranus	27°23'29" Sagittarius	Direct	Nov 16, 1981	Feb 15, 1988 into Capricorn
Neptune	7°36'50" Capricorn	Direct	Nov 21, 1984	Jan 29, 1998 into Aquarius
Pluto	11°52'47" Scorpio	Direct	Aug 28, 1984	Jan 17, 1995 into Sagittarius
North Node	27°24'20" Pisces	Direct	Nov 8, 1987	May 28, 1989 into Aquarius

Sky Events on December 27, 1987

The Moon phase is First Quarter, 51% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Dec 27, 01:05 UTC	The Moon enters Aries	Leaves Pisces
Dec 27, 10:01 UTC	First Quarter Moon in Aries	5°06' Aries
Dec 27, 12:22 UTC	Mercury conjunct Neptune	Intuition is strong and facts are slippery. Good for poetry, bad for paperwork.

Born on December 27, 1987?

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune were all in Capricorn, so everyone born that day is a Capricorn several times over. Mercury and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Capricorn, 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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