The sky on November 18, 1950 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Libra, while the horoscope says "Scorpio". The gap is 23.2° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 235.6° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 347.8° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 245.2° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ♀︎ Venus — 236.7° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♂︎ Mars — 279.2° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 328.6° · sign Aquarius · constellation Aquarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 179.8° · sign Virgo · constellation Virgo
- ☽︎ Moon 69% 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, 69% lit; the Moon was 392,067 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
75.9 orbits of the Sun — 71,312 million km, that is 92,757 return trips to the Moon; 27,716 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 550.8 billion km around the Galactic centre, 21.3 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 289 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 December 30, 2027; Jupiter — in 2033; a full moon exactly on this date — November 18, 2051
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 3,816″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.2° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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