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Where Were the Planets on December 6, 2018?

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On December 6, 2018, the Sun was in Sagittarius (14°18' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius, and the Moon phase was New Moon (1% illuminated). Mercury and Uranus were 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 6, 2018. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 28°29' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 11°15' Sagittarius at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 6, 2018
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun14°18'18" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon4°54'24" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury27°17'04" ScorpioStationing direct into Sagittarius
Venus2°13'51" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mars13°01'43" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter6°13'20" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn8°25'28" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus29°00'39" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune13°44'07" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto19°47'27" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node28°55'20" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on December 6, 2018

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

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters SagittariusLeaves Scorpio

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Mars and Neptune sat less than a degree apart in Pisces, 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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