English: Ecliptic longitude of the five naked-eye planets and the moon minus that of the sun in early 1962. East is to the left. A total eclipse occurred on February 5, during which Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter were less than 3° to the east and Mars and Saturn less than 14° to the west of the sun. The grid lines for the dates represent midday GMT for the indicated date.

East is to the left (as it is when looking at planets from northern latitudes). Time goes downwards, as in a calendar or agenda.

The ecliptic longitudes of the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were calculated for every tenth day using w:JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System. The ecliptic longitude of the sun was then subtracted.

The positions are calculated using:

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&COMMAND=sun&START_TIME=%271961/12/30%2012:0%27&STOP_TIME=%271962-Mar-11%27&STEP_SIZE=%2710%20days%27&QUANTITIES=31&ANG_FORMAT=DEG

and six similar URLs but with

COMMAND=301 (for the moon)

COMMAND=1

COMMAND=2

COMMAND=4

COMMAND=5

COMMAND=6