The sky on May 20, 1932 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Taurus — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 59.2° · sign Taurus · constellation Taurus
- ☽︎ Moon — 243.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 36.4° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ♀︎ Venus — 99.8° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ♂︎ Mars — 36.0° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 135.2° · sign Leo · constellation Cancer
- ♄︎ Saturn — 304.7° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon 100% illuminated
astronomy-engine ephemerides (VSOP87/ELP), IAU 1930 constellation boundaries. Positions accurate to a fraction of a degree.
The day’s dossier, from real data
Checkable facts with a tag and a source; the classical reading is in the chart.
- The Moon that day [EXACT]
full moon, 100% lit; the Moon was 359,947 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
94.4 orbits of the Sun — 88,695 million km, that is 115,368 return trips to the Moon; 34,472 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 685 billion km around the Galactic centre, 26.4 light-days.
29.78 km/s along the orbit; 230 km/s around the Galactic centre - Mars then and now [EXACT]
On that day Mars was 342 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.4×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on April 22, 2028; Jupiter — in 2027; a full moon exactly on this date — May 20, 2027
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,752″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 22.9° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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