The sky on December 13, 1934 — 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 — 260.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ☽︎ Moon — 351.4° · sign Pisces · constellation Pisces
- ☿︎ Mercury — 251.1° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♀︎ Venus — 266.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Sagittarius
- ♂︎ Mars — 181.0° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 223.5° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♄︎ Saturn — 323.4° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon 51% 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, 51% lit; the Moon was 372,992 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
91.8 orbits of the Sun — 86,281 million km, that is 112,228 return trips to the Moon; 33,533 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 666.4 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.7 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 229 million km away; today it is 245 million km (farther by 1.1×).
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 February 10, 2027; Jupiter — in 2029; a full moon exactly on this date — December 13, 2046
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,608″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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