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Where Were the Planets on December 9, 2018?

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On December 9, 2018, the Sun was in Sagittarius (17°21' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Capricorn all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (5% 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 9, 2018. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 6°07' Capricorn at midnight UTC to 18°13' Capricorn at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 9, 2018
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun17°21'11" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Moon12°11'44" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mercury27°49'33" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Venus4°13'03" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mars14°59'09" PiscesDirect into Aries
Jupiter6°53'21" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Saturn8°45'39" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus28°56'19" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune13°45'28" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto19°52'42" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node28°45'48" CancerDirect into Gemini

Sky Events on December 9, 2018

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminated at noon UTC.

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

Born on December 9, 2018?

Mars and Neptune sat 1 degrees 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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