The sky on November 22, 1936 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Libra, while the horoscope says "Sagittarius". The gap is 23.0° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 240.0° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 335.6° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 242.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ♀︎ Venus — 277.0° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♂︎ Mars — 184.7° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 267.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Sagittarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 345.8° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 55% 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, 55% lit; the Moon was 376,447 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
89.9 orbits of the Sun — 84,458 million km, that is 109,856 return trips to the Moon; 32,825 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 652.3 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.2 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 302 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer 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 March 5, 2027; Jupiter — in 2031; a full moon exactly on this date — November 22, 2056
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,500″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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