The sky on September 25, 1969 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Virgo, while the horoscope says "Libra". The gap is 23.4° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 182.2° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ☽︎ Moon — 357.7° · sign Pisces · constellation Pisces
- ☿︎ Mercury — 190.3° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♀︎ Venus — 152.9° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♂︎ Mars — 272.6° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 193.3° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 37.9° · sign Taurus · constellation Aries
- ☽︎ 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 371,782 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
57 orbits of the Sun — 53,596 million km, that is 69,713 return trips to the Moon; 20,830 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 413.9 billion km around the Galactic centre, 16 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 142 million km away; today it is 243 million km (farther by 1.7×).
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 (44% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on January 15, 2028; Jupiter — in 2028.
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 2,844″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.4° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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