The sky on December 29, 1944 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Sagittarius, while the horoscope says "Capricorn". The gap is 23.1° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 277.7° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ☽︎ Moon — 96.3° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ☿︎ Mercury — 264.0° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♀︎ Venus — 321.6° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ♂︎ Mars — 264.6° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 177.2° · sign Virgo · constellation Virgo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 97.3° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ☽︎ Moon 100% 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, 100% lit; the Moon was 381,382 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
81.8 orbits of the Sun — 76,843 million km, that is 99,952 return trips to the Moon; 29,865 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 593.5 billion km around the Galactic centre, 22.9 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 363 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.5×).
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 2, 2027; Jupiter — in 2027; a full moon exactly on this date — December 28, 2031
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,104″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.1° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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