The sky on August 21, 1967 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Leo — sign and constellation agree here.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 147.7° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ☽︎ Moon — 343.9° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 144.5° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♀︎ Venus — 160.7° · sign Virgo · constellation Sextans
- ♂︎ Mars — 227.7° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 138.3° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 11.8° · sign Aries · constellation Cetus
- ☽︎ Moon 98% 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, 98% lit; the Moon was 398,062 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
59.1 orbits of the Sun — 55,561 million km, that is 72,270 return trips to the Moon; 21,594 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 429.1 billion km around the Galactic centre, 16.6 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 184 million km away; today it is 246 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 20, on the rise to maximum (25% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on October 28, 2027; Jupiter — in 2026; a full moon exactly on this date — August 21, 2032
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 2,952″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.4° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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