The sky on April 20, 1962 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Aries — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 29.9° · sign Aries · constellation Aries
- ☽︎ Moon — 215.3° · sign Scorpio · constellation Virgo
- ☿︎ Mercury — 34.9° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ♀︎ Venus — 50.3° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ♂︎ Mars — 0.6° · sign Aries · constellation Pisces
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 335.2° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 310.6° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ 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 399,110 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
64.5 orbits of the Sun — 60,581 million km, that is 78,800 return trips to the Moon; 23,545 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 467.9 billion km around the Galactic centre, 18.1 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 324 million km away; today it is 243 million km (closer 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 (77% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on February 17, 2028; Jupiter — in 2033.
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 3,240″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.3° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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