The sky on August 29, 1960 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Leo, while the horoscope says "Virgo". The gap is 23.3° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 156.1° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ☽︎ Moon — 242.1° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 154.7° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♀︎ Venus — 174.7° · sign Virgo · constellation Virgo
- ♂︎ Mars — 77.3° · sign Gemini · constellation Taurus
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 263.9° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♄︎ Saturn — 282.1° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ☽︎ Moon 47% 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, 47% lit; the Moon was 373,518 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
66.1 orbits of the Sun — 62,121 million km, that is 80,802 return trips to the Moon; 24,143 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 479.8 billion km around the Galactic centre, 18.5 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 186 million km away; today it is 244 million km (farther by 1.3×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - Solar cycle [ESTIMATE]
That day fell in solar cycle 19, on the decline (61% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on May 15, 2028; Jupiter — in 2031; a full moon exactly on this date — August 29, 2053
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 3,312″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.3° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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