Settled date · day 14 of 30 in the sign

5 December — Sagittarius

Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Sagittarius this falls

Sun's degree on this date 13.35° of Sagittarius
Day within the sign 14 of 30
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Moon-ruled decan of Sagittarius

Decan 2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler Moon
Sign ruler Jupiter
Sun on this date 13.35°

Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 5 December. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.

Year Sun Life path Moon Nakshatra Retrograde
1930 Sagittarius 12.64° 3 Gemini Rohini 1 Venus Jupiter
1931 Sagittarius 12.39° 4 Libra Chitra 1
1932 Sagittarius 13.16° 5 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mercury
1933 Sagittarius 12.92° 6 Cancer Punarvasu 3
1934 Sagittarius 12.67° 7 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1935 Sagittarius 12.42° 8 Aries Revati 1
1936 Sagittarius 13.19° 9 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2
1937 Sagittarius 12.95° 1 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2
1938 Sagittarius 12.7° 11 Taurus Bharani 4 Mercury Venus Saturn
1939 Sagittarius 12.45° 3 Libra Hasta 1 Mercury Saturn
1940 Sagittarius 13.22° 4 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1941 Sagittarius 12.98° 5 Cancer Ardra 1 Jupiter Saturn
1942 Sagittarius 12.73° 6 Scorpio Swati 3 Jupiter Saturn
1943 Sagittarius 12.48° 7 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Mars Saturn
1944 Sagittarius 13.25° 8 Leo Ashlesha 4 Saturn
1945 Sagittarius 13.01° 9 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Mercury Mars Saturn
1946 Sagittarius 12.76° 1 Aries Ashwini 2 Venus Saturn
1947 Sagittarius 12.51° 11 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Saturn
1948 Sagittarius 13.28° 3 Aquarius Shravana 2
1949 Sagittarius 13.04° 4 Gemini Rohini 3
1950 Sagittarius 12.79° 5 Libra Chitra 1
1951 Sagittarius 12.54° 6 Pisces Shatabhisha 4
1952 Sagittarius 13.31° 7 Cancer Pushya 1 Mercury Jupiter
1953 Sagittarius 13.07° 8 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Jupiter
1954 Sagittarius 12.82° 9 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Venus Jupiter
1955 Sagittarius 12.57° 1 Virgo Magha 3
1956 Sagittarius 13.34° 11 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4
1957 Sagittarius 13.1° 3 Taurus Krittika 1
1958 Sagittarius 12.85° 4 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Mercury Mars
1959 Sagittarius 12.6° 5 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
1960 Sagittarius 13.37° 6 Cancer Ardra 3 Mars
1961 Sagittarius 13.12° 7 Scorpio Swati 4
1962 Sagittarius 12.88° 8 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
1963 Sagittarius 12.63° 9 Leo Ashlesha 2
1964 Sagittarius 13.4° 1 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter
1965 Sagittarius 13.15° 11 Taurus Ashwini 3 Mercury Jupiter
1966 Sagittarius 12.91° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Jupiter
1967 Sagittarius 12.66° 4 Aquarius Shravana 1 Saturn
1968 Sagittarius 13.43° 5 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Saturn
1969 Sagittarius 13.18° 6 Libra Chitra 2 Saturn
1970 Sagittarius 12.94° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Saturn
1971 Sagittarius 12.69° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mercury Saturn
1972 Sagittarius 13.46° 9 Sagittarius Anuradha 4 Mercury Saturn
1973 Sagittarius 13.21° 1 Aries Revati 1 Saturn
1974 Sagittarius 12.97° 11 Virgo Magha 3 Saturn
1975 Sagittarius 12.72° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1976 Sagittarius 13.49° 4 Taurus Krittika 3 Jupiter Saturn
1977 Sagittarius 13.24° 5 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Jupiter
1978 Sagittarius 13° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Mercury Jupiter
1979 Sagittarius 12.75° 7 Cancer Ardra 2
1980 Sagittarius 13.52° 8 Scorpio Vishakha 2
1981 Sagittarius 13.27° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3
1982 Sagittarius 13.03° 1 Leo Ashlesha 2
1983 Sagittarius 12.78° 11 Sagittarius Mula 1
1984 Sagittarius 13.55° 3 Taurus Bharani 1 Mercury
1985 Sagittarius 13.3° 4 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Mercury
1986 Sagittarius 13.06° 5 Aquarius Shravana 1
1987 Sagittarius 12.81° 6 Gemini Rohini 4 Jupiter
1988 Sagittarius 13.58° 7 Libra Chitra 4 Jupiter
1989 Sagittarius 13.33° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Jupiter
1990 Sagittarius 13.09° 9 Cancer Pushya 1 Mars Jupiter
1991 Sagittarius 12.84° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Mercury
1992 Sagittarius 13.61° 11 Aries Revati 3 Mars
1993 Sagittarius 13.36° 3 Leo Magha 2
1994 Sagittarius 13.12° 4 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4
1995 Sagittarius 12.87° 5 Taurus Krittika 2
1996 Sagittarius 13.64° 6 Libra Hasta 2
1997 Sagittarius 13.39° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Saturn
1998 Sagittarius 13.15° 8 Cancer Ardra 3 Mercury Saturn
1999 Sagittarius 12.9° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Jupiter Saturn
2000 Sagittarius 13.67° 1 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Jupiter Saturn
2001 Sagittarius 13.42° 11 Leo Ashlesha 1 Jupiter Saturn
2002 Sagittarius 13.18° 3 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter Saturn
2003 Sagittarius 12.93° 4 Taurus Ashwini 4 Saturn
2004 Sagittarius 13.7° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Mercury Saturn
2005 Sagittarius 13.45° 6 Aquarius Shravana 1 Mars Saturn
2006 Sagittarius 13.21° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 1
2007 Sagittarius 12.96° 8 Libra Chitra 3 Mars
2008 Sagittarius 13.73° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 3
2009 Sagittarius 13.48° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 4
2010 Sagittarius 13.24° 11 Sagittarius Anuradha 4
2011 Sagittarius 12.99° 3 Aries Revati 2 Mercury Jupiter
2012 Sagittarius 13.76° 4 Virgo Magha 2 Jupiter
2013 Sagittarius 13.51° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Jupiter
2014 Sagittarius 13.26° 6 Gemini Krittika 4
2015 Sagittarius 13.02° 7 Libra Hasta 1
2016 Sagittarius 13.79° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
2017 Sagittarius 13.54° 9 Cancer Ardra 3 Mercury
2018 Sagittarius 13.29° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 3 Mercury
2019 Sagittarius 13.05° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
2020 Sagittarius 13.82° 3 Leo Ashlesha 1
2021 Sagittarius 13.57° 4 Capricorn Mula 2
2022 Sagittarius 13.32° 5 Taurus Bharani 2 Mars
2023 Sagittarius 13.08° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Jupiter
2024 Sagittarius 13.85° 7 Aquarius Shravana 1 Mercury Jupiter
2025 Sagittarius 13.6° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Jupiter
2026 Sagittarius 13.35° 9 Scorpio Swati 1 Saturn
2027 Sagittarius 13.11° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Saturn
2028 Sagittarius 13.88° 11 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Saturn
2029 Sagittarius 13.63° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Saturn

The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.

A century of 5 December

Day of the year 340 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1949, 1968, 1987, 2006, 2025
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 5 December: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →

Year by year

2006 Sagittarius life path 7
2007 Sagittarius life path 8
2008 Sagittarius life path 9
2009 Sagittarius life path 1
2010 Sagittarius life path 11
2011 Sagittarius life path 3
2012 Sagittarius life path 4
2013 Sagittarius life path 5
2014 Sagittarius life path 6
2015 Sagittarius life path 7
2016 Sagittarius life path 8
2017 Sagittarius life path 9
2018 Sagittarius life path 1
2019 Sagittarius life path 11
2020 Sagittarius life path 3
2021 Sagittarius life path 4
2022 Sagittarius life path 5
2023 Sagittarius life path 6
2024 Sagittarius life path 7
2025 Sagittarius life path 8
2026 Sagittarius life path 9
2027 Sagittarius life path 1
2028 Sagittarius life path 11
2029 Sagittarius life path 3

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; the scarcest is 11 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

5 December sits 13 days past the start of Sagittarius and reached 13.35° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.