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Where Were the Planets on December 11, 2016?

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On December 11, 2016, the Sun was in Sagittarius (19°52' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Taurus all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (91% illuminated). Uranus was retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 11, 2016. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°58' Taurus at midnight UTC to 21°58' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 11, 2016
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun19°52'50" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon14°26'47" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Mercury10°33'32" CapricornDirect into Sagittarius
Venus4°29'22" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Mars24°02'48" AquariusDirect into Pisces
Jupiter18°30'04" LibraDirect into Scorpio
Saturn18°58'39" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Uranus20°41'41" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune9°22'34" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto16°15'48" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node7°18'49" VirgoDirect into Leo

Sky Events on December 11, 2016

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 91% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on December 11, 2016?

The Sun and Saturn 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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