The sky on July 20, 1936 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Cancer — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 117.6° · sign Cancer · constellation Cancer
- ☽︎ Moon — 140.0° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ☿︎ Mercury — 113.3° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ♀︎ Venus — 123.4° · sign Leo · constellation Cancer
- ♂︎ Mars — 106.4° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 255.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♄︎ Saturn — 352.3° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 4% 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, 4% lit; the Moon was 390,891 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
90.2 orbits of the Sun — 84,778 million km, that is 110,274 return trips to the Moon; 32,949 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 654.8 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.3 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 386 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.6×).
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 31, 2026; Jupiter — in 2031; a full moon exactly on this date — July 20, 2035
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,536″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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