The sky on September 8, 1932 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Leo, while the horoscope says "Virgo". The gap is 22.9° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 165.6° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ☽︎ Moon — 268.2° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Sagittarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 148.8° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♀︎ Venus — 119.7° · sign Cancer · constellation Cancer
- ♂︎ Mars — 112.4° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 156.1° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 298.6° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ☽︎ Moon 61% 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]
first quarter, 61% lit; the Moon was 374,720 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
94.1 orbits of the Sun — 88,410 million km, that is 114,997 return trips to the Moon; 34,361 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 682.8 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 288 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.2×).
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 August 11, 2028; Jupiter — in 2027; a full moon exactly on this date — September 7, 2063
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,716″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 22.9° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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