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Where Were the Planets on November 8, 2009?

Quick Answer

On November 8, 2009, the Sun was in Scorpio (16°12' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo, and the Moon phase was Waning Gibbous (63% illuminated). Uranus was retrograde.

Venus moved from Libra into Scorpio. Mercury squared Jupiter. Too many ideas and too little detail. Promises outrun the facts.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on November 8, 2009. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°52' Cancer at midnight UTC to 8°00' Leo at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on November 8, 2009
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	16°12'55" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 23, 2009	Nov 22, 2009 into Sagittarius
Moon	0°57'20" Leo	Direct	Nov 8, 2009	Nov 10, 2009 into Virgo
Mercury	18°08'00" Scorpio	Direct	Oct 28, 2009	Nov 16, 2009 into Sagittarius
Venus	0°36'19" Scorpio	Direct	Nov 8, 2009	Dec 1, 2009 into Sagittarius
Mars	10°19'07" Leo	Direct	Oct 16, 2009	Jun 7, 2010 into Virgo
Jupiter	18°18'07" Aquarius	Direct	Jan 5, 2009	Jan 18, 2010 into Pisces
Saturn	1°01'11" Libra	Direct	Oct 29, 2009	Apr 7, 2010 into Virgo
Uranus	22°55'54" Pisces	Retrograde	Dec 30, 2003	May 28, 2010 into Aries
Neptune	23°41'59" Aquarius	Direct	Nov 27, 1998	Apr 4, 2011 into Pisces
Pluto	1°30'08" Capricorn	Direct	Nov 27, 2008	Mar 23, 2023 into Aquarius
North Node	24°27'50" Capricorn	Direct	Jul 26, 2009	Feb 13, 2011 into Sagittarius

Sky Events on November 8, 2009

The Moon phase is Waning Gibbous, 63% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Nov 8, 00:23 UTC	Venus enters Scorpio	Leaves Libra
Nov 8, 10:22 UTC	The Moon enters Leo	Leaves Cancer
Nov 8, 14:40 UTC	Mercury square Jupiter	Too many ideas and too little detail. Promises outrun the facts.

Born on November 8, 2009?

The Sun, Mercury and Venus were all in Scorpio, so everyone born that day is a Scorpio several times over. The Sun and Mercury sat 2 degrees apart in Scorpio, 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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