Sky on November 29, 1992: where the Sun, Moon and planets really were

The real sky on November 29, 1992: Sun in Scorpius (horoscope says "Sagittarius"), Moon 25% lit, planet positions from ephemerides.

The sky on November 29, 1992 — as it really was

That day the Sun stood in Scorpius, while the horoscope says "Sagittarius". The gap is 23.8° of precession.

astronomy-engine ephemerides (VSOP87/ELP), IAU 1930 constellation boundaries. Positions accurate to a fraction of a degree.

Checkable facts with a tag and a source; the classical reading is in the chart.

The Moon that day [EXACT]
waxing crescent, 25% lit; the Moon was 400,949 km away.
astronomy-engine
How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
33.8 orbits of the Sun — 31,811 million km, that is 41,378 return trips to the Moon; 12,363 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 245.7 billion km around the Galactic centre, 9.5 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 111 million km away; today it is 244 million km (farther by 2.2×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14
Solar cycle [ESTIMATE]
That day fell in solar cycle 22, on the decline (63% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima
When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on October 8, 2026; Jupiter — in 2028; a full moon exactly on this date — November 28, 2031
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr
How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 1,692″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.8° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr

Computed from the date only; nothing about you is stored.