🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sandy and the Moon Halo 🪐
Last April's Full Moon shines through high clouds near the horizon, casting shadows in this garden-at-night skyscape. Along with canine sentinel Sandy watching the garden gate, the wide-angle snapshot also captured the bright Moon's 22 degree ice halo. But June's bright Full Moon will cast shadows too. This month, the Moon's exact full phase occurs at 01:08 UTC June 22. That's a mere 28 hours or so after today's June solstice (at 20:51 UTC June 20), the moment when the Sun reaches its maximum northern declination. Known to some as a Strawberry Moon, June's Full Moon is at its southernmost declination, and of course will create its own 22 degree halos in hazy night skies.
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Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace 🔭
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Michael Barratt | ISS |
Jeanette Epps | ISS |
Alexander Grebenkin | ISS |
Butch Wilmore | ISS |
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Li Cong | Tiangong |
Ye Guangfu | Tiangong |
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