The sky on February 17, 1937 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Aquarius — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 328.4° · sign Aquarius · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon — 49.8° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ☿︎ Mercury — 304.5° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ♀︎ Venus — 14.7° · sign Aries · constellation Pisces
- ♂︎ Mars — 231.1° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 287.2° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 352.0° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 43% 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, 43% lit; the Moon was 369,866 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
89.6 orbits of the Sun — 84,235 million km, that is 109,566 return trips to the Moon; 32,738 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 650.6 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.1 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 176 million km away; today it is 243 million km (farther by 1.4×).
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 May 31, 2027; Jupiter — in 2032.
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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