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Where Were the Planets on December 8, 2018?

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On December 8, 2018, the Sun was in Sagittarius (16°20' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn, and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (1% 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 8, 2018. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 23°48' Sagittarius at midnight UTC to 6°06' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 8, 2018
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun16°20'12" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon29°59'16" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Mercury27°29'16" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus3°32'06" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mars14°19'55" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter6°40'02" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn8°38'54" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus28°57'43" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune13°44'59" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto19°50'56" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node28°48'59" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on December 8, 2018

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 2% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters CapricornLeaves Sagittarius

Born on December 8, 2018?

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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