Charts of famous moments
Some moments were written down to the second: a launch countdown hitting zero, a lander touching the Moon, the timestamp inside the first block of a blockchain. Those are the only moments here. Each page draws the sky as it was at that instant and links the record the time comes from.
- Pluto’s discovery18 February 1930 · 23:00 UTC
- Sputnik4 October 1957 · 19:28:34 UTC
- Yuri Gagarin12 April 1961 · 06:07:00 UTC
- Moon landing20 July 1969 · 20:17:40 UTC
- First step on the Moon21 July 1969 · 02:56:15 UTC
- Hubble24 April 1990 · 12:33:51 UTC
- New Horizons launch19 January 2006 · 19:00:00 UTC
- Bitcoin3 January 2009 · 18:15:05 UTC
- Pluto flyby14 July 2015 · 11:48:45 UTC
- James Webb25 December 2021 · 12:20:00 UTC
Some of these happened at a place on Earth, like a launch pad or an observatory, so their charts have a rising sign and houses like yours. Others didn't: a block on a network, a spacecraft passing Pluto, a footstep on the Moon. For those you get every planet in its exact place but no rising sign or houses, because there's no horizon to measure them from, and the page says so.
Why only logged times
A chart turns on its time. The rising sign moves on about every two hours, and the Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days. A moment remembered as "that afternoon" can't be charted honestly. A moment logged by mission control, an observatory notebook or the blockchain itself can.
Questions
Where do the times come from?
From the records themselves: NASA's mission timelines, launch logs, an astronomer's handwritten note, and the timestamp written into a block. Every page links its source under the chart.
Why does the Bitcoin chart have no rising sign?
A rising sign is the point of the zodiac coming up over the horizon at a place on Earth. The first Bitcoin block didn't happen at one place, so there's no horizon to use. Every planet, the Moon included, is still exact to the second.
Can I see my own chart like this?
Yes, and it's free. Enter your birth date, time and place and you'll get the same 3D sky, every placement, and highlights picked from your chart.