The sky on August 13, 1935 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Leo — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 139.8° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ☽︎ Moon — 305.3° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☿︎ Mercury — 143.5° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♀︎ Venus — 172.4° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♂︎ Mars — 218.4° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 225.0° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♄︎ Saturn — 338.1° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 98% 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, 98% lit; the Moon was 361,220 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
91.1 orbits of the Sun — 85,655 million km, that is 111,414 return trips to the Moon; 33,290 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 661.5 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.5 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 193 million km away; today it is 245 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 October 11, 2027; Jupiter — in 2030; a full moon exactly on this date — August 13, 2030
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,572″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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