The sky on August 8, 1962 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Cancer, while the horoscope says "Leo". The gap is 23.3° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 135.5° · sign Leo · constellation Cancer
- ☽︎ Moon — 223.6° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☿︎ Mercury — 145.7° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♀︎ Venus — 179.8° · sign Virgo · constellation Virgo
- ♂︎ Mars — 80.8° · sign Gemini · constellation Taurus
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 340.6° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 307.5° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon 49% 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, 49% lit; the Moon was 399,157 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
64.2 orbits of the Sun — 60,296 million km, that is 78,429 return trips to the Moon; 23,434 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 465.7 billion km around the Galactic centre, 18 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 269 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.1×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - Solar cycle [ESTIMATE]
That day fell in solar cycle 19, on the decline (80% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on June 6, 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 3,204″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.3° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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