The sky on November 28, 1932 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Scorpius, while the horoscope says "Sagittarius". The gap is 22.9° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 246.1° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ☽︎ Moon — 252.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 259.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♀︎ Venus — 211.8° · sign Scorpio · constellation Virgo
- ♂︎ Mars — 156.7° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 170.8° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 300.7° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon 1% 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]
new moon, 1% lit; the Moon was 357,791 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
93.9 orbits of the Sun — 88,201 million km, that is 114,725 return trips to the Moon; 34,279 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 681.2 billion km around the Galactic centre, 26.3 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 197 million km away; today it is 244 million km (farther 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 December 14, 2026; Jupiter — in 2027.
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,716″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 22.9° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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