The sky on December 5, 1932 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Ophiuchus, while the horoscope says "Sagittarius". The gap is 22.9° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 253.2° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ☽︎ Moon — 350.0° · sign Pisces · constellation Pisces
- ☿︎ Mercury — 251.2° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♀︎ Venus — 220.4° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♂︎ Mars — 159.6° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 171.5° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 301.3° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon 56% 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, 56% lit; the Moon was 394,225 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
93.8 orbits of the Sun — 88,183 million km, that is 114,703 return trips to the Moon; 34,273 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 681.1 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 187 million km away; today it is 244 million km (farther by 1.3×).
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 21, 2026; Jupiter — in 2027; a full moon exactly on this date — December 4, 2044
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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